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δοκοῦμεν δ᾽ ἔμοιγε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀμφότερα καὶ κατορθοῦν καὶ παρακινδυνεύειν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν, οὐ σωφρονοῦντες. ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν νυνὶ καιρῶν οἱ πολλοὶ τοῖς ὀλίγοις προΐεσθε τὰ τῆς δημοκρατίας ἰσχυρά, οὐκ ἐπαινῶ: ὅτι δ᾽ οὐ γεγένηται φορὰ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς ῥητόρων πονηρῶν ἅμα καὶ τολμηρῶν, εὐτυχοῦμεν. πρότερον μὲν γὰρ τοιαύτας φύσεις ἤνεγκε τὸ δημόσιον, αἳ ῥᾳδίως οὕτω κατέλυσαν τὸν δῆμον: ἔχαιρε γὰρ κολακευόμενος, ἔπειτ᾽ αὐτὸν οὐχ οὓς ἐφοβεῖτο, ἀλλ᾽ οἷς ἑαυτὸν ἐνεχείριζε, κατέλυσαν:
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