§11.10.1οὕτως εἷς λόγος εὐκαίρως ῥηθεὶς ὑπʼ ἀνδρὸς ἀξιοπίστου πολλάκις οὐ μόνον ἀποτρέπει τῶν χειρίστων, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρορμᾷ πρὸς τὰ κάλλιστα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους. §11.10.2ὅταν δὲ καὶ τὸν ἴδιον βίον ἀκόλουθον εἰσφέρηται τοῖς εἰρημένοις ὁ παρακαλῶν, ἀνάγκη λαμβάνειν τὴν πρώτην πίστιν τὴν παραίνεσιν.
\nThus a single word opportunely spoken by a trustworthy man often not only turns men away from the worst things, but also urges them towards the noblest.\n\nAnd when the exhorter presents his own life as consistent with his words, it is necessary that his exhortation should gain the highest credibility.
ὃ δὴ περὶ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἄνδρα μάλιστʼ ἄν τις ἴδοι γινόμενον. §11.10.3κατά τε γὰρ τὴν ἐσθῆτα καὶ τὴν σίτησιν ἀφελὴς καὶ λιτὸς ἦν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ περὶ τὰς τοῦ σώματος θεραπείας, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰς ἐντεύξεις, εὐπερίκοπτος καὶ ἀνεπίφθονος· §11.10.4περί γε μὴν τοῦ παρʼ ὅλον τὸν βίον ἀληθεύειν μεγίστην ἐποιήσατο σπουδήν.
This indeed is what one might see happening most of all in the case of that man.\n\nFor in both dress and food he was simple and plain, and likewise in his bodily care, and also in his social intercourse, easily accessible and free from envy;\n\nand moreover, he made the greatest effort to speak the truth throughout his whole life.
τοιγάρτοι βραχέα καὶ τὰ τυχόντʼ ἀποφαινόμενος μεγάλην ἐγκατέλειπε πίστιν τοῖς ἀκούουσι· §11.10.5παράδειγμα γὰρ ἐν πᾶσι τὸν ἴδιον βίον εἰσφερόμενος οὐ πολλῶν ἐποίει προσδεῖσθαι λόγων τοὺς ἀκούοντας. §11.10.6διὸ καὶ πολλάκις λόγους μακροὺς καὶ δοκοῦντας ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντιπολιτευομένων δεόντως εἰρῆσθαι διʼ ὀλίγων ῥημάτων τῇ πίστει καὶ ταῖς ἐννοίαις τῶν πραγμάτων ὁλοσχερῶς ἐξέβαλε. §11.10.7πλὴν τότε συντελεσθέντος τοῦ διαβουλίου πάντες ἐπανῆγον ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις, τά τε ῥηθέντα καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα διαφερόντως ἀποδεδεγμένοι, καὶ νομίζοντες οὐδʼ ἂν παθεῖν οὐδὲν δεινὸν ἐκείνου προεστῶτος. §11.10.8ὁ δὲ Φιλοποίμην εὐθέως ἐπεπορεύετο τὰς πόλεις, ἐνεργῶς καὶ μετὰ σπουδῆς ποιούμενος τὴν ἔφοδον. §11.10.9κἄπειτα συναγαγὼν τοὺς ὄχλους ἅμα μὲν ἐγύμναζεν ἅμα δὲ συνέταττε καὶ τέλος οὐδʼ ὅλους ὀκτὼ μῆνας χρησάμενος τῇ τοιαύτῃ παρασκευῇ καὶ μελέτῃ συνῆγε τὰς δυνάμεις εἰς Μαντίνειαν, διαγωνιούμενος πρὸς τὸν τύραννον ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁπάντων Πελοποννησίων ἐλευθερίας.
Therefore, even when expressing brief and ordinary remarks, he left a great impression of credibility in his hearers;\n\nfor by presenting his own life as an example in all things, he made his hearers have no need of many words.\n\nWherefore also he often entirely overthrew, with a few words, long speeches which seemed to have been properly delivered by his political opponents, through his credibility and the truth of the facts.\n\nHowever, when the council was then concluded, they all returned to their cities, having singularly approved both the speeches and the man, and thinking that they would suffer no harm as long as he was at their head.\n\nBut Philopoemen immediately went round the cities, making his visitation actively and with zeal.\n\nAnd then, having assembled the multitudes, he both trained them and drew them up in order at the same time, and finally, having employed such preparation and practice for not even a full eight months, he assembled his forces at Mantinea, to fight to the end against the tyrant for the liberty of all the Peloponnesians.