Sunday, June 09, 2024
Vigilance
Demosthenes 19.296 (On the Dishonest Embassy; tr. Harvey Yunis):
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There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that warrants greater vigilance than letting some individual rise above the many.
οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν, οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅ τι τῶν πάντων μᾶλλον εὐλαβεῖσθαι δεῖ ἢ τὸ μείζω τινὰ τῶν πολλῶν ἐᾶν γίγνεσθαι.
