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GOVERNMENT > orator, statesman > Demosthenes
As a vessel...
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As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be wise or foolish.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Demosthenes, ( 382BC-322BC), Greek orator, statesman; He was considered the greatest Greek orator; leader of democratic faction, Athens.