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On the other hand when was their
achievement despicable and unworthy of their spirit? When Timolaus,1 the friend of Demosthenes, was corrupted
and took bribes from Philip, when the traitor Proxenus commanded the mercenaries
enlisted at Amphissa and Theagenes
was placed in command of the phalanx, a man of ill luck and, like the defendant
here, open to bribes. Then, because of the three men whom I have mentioned, the
whole city was destroyed and blotted from the face of Greece. Far from being false it is only too
true that leaders are responsible for all the citizens' good fortunes and for
the reverse.
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