and yet the trial of strength which you had with the Macedonians among them, and my own judgment, confirmed by what I hear from others, should be enough to satisfy you that they will not prove formidable. Where an enemy seems strong but is really weak, a true knowledge of the facts makes his adversary the bolder, just as a serious antagonist is encountered most confidently by those who do not know him.
"Zeuen eskarmenturik ezagatik beldur diezuen barbaroei dagokienez, aldiz, haietako batzuekin, mazedoniarrekin kasu, eduki zenituzten borroketatik, eta nik aieruz eta beste batzuei entzunda dakidanetik, jakin behar duzue ez direla beldurgarriak izango.