Phocion vero, cum Athenienses rem aliter atque ipse suaserat prospere administrassent, adeo perseverans sententiae suae propugnator exstitit ut in contione laetari quidem se successu eorum, sed consilium tamen suum aliquanto melius fuisse diceret: non enim damnavit quod recte viderat quia quod alius male consuluerat bene cesserat, felicius illud existimans, hoc sapientius.
When the Athenians had successfully handled an affair contrary to Phocions advice, he so persistently championed his opinion as to say in the assembly that he was glad that things had gone so happily for them, but all the same his had been considerably the better policy. He did not condemn his own correct perception because another mans bad advice had turned out well, reckoning that the latter had better luck but the former better sense.
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