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• Demosthenes told Phocion, "The Athenians will kill you some day when they once are in a rage.
  And you," said he, "if they are once in their senses....
• Once when Phocion had delivered an opinion which pleased the people,.
  .. he turned to his friend and said, "Have I not unawares spoken some mischievous thing or other?...
• Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Phocio...
• A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much.
  True," said he, "but every goose can." -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Remarkable Speeche...
• The good have no need of an advocate. -- Phocion (317 BC)
• Lamachus chid a captain for a fault; and when he had said he would do so no more, "Sir," said he, "in war there is no room for a second miscarriage.
  Said one to Iphicrates, "What are ye afraid of?" "Of all speeches," said he, "none is so dishonourable for a general as 'I should not have thought of it....
• It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Marcus Cato...
• As Caesar was at supper the discourse was of death,--which sort was the best.
  That," said he, "which is unexpected." -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Caesa...
• Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Banishme...