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Come now, men of Athens, consider why in the world you, for whose sakes they all speak, are on the whole no better off now than before, while these, who all say for your sakes, without a single one having ever said for our own sakes, have turned from beggars into rich men.On the wealth of politicians see Dem. 13.20, Dem. 21.158 and Dem. 3.29. It Is because, though they say they love you, men of Athens, they love not you but themselves.