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And yet, although it is a fine thing to be
admired among high-minded people even on account of fortuitous success, it is
much finer through care bestowed upon one's self to gain a share in all the
accomplishments that are esteemed; for often it has fallen to the lot of vulgar
men to share in the former but none have a part in the latter except those who
excel in real manliness.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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