Demosthenes quotes

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit. (Demosthenes)
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. View quote
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises. View quote
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The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once. View quote
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue. View quote
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery. View quote
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail! View quote
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. View quote
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. View quote
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. View quote
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Delivery, delivery, delivery. (Demosthenes)
The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different. View quote
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No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. View quote
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For a house, I take it, or a ship or anything of that sort must have its chief strength in its substructure; and so too in affairs of state the principles and the foundations must be truth and justice. View quote
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. View quote
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great. View quote
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them. View quote
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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. View quote
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The fact speak for themselves. View quote
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice. View quote
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach. (Demosthenes)
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. View quote
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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods. View quote
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He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach. View quote
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief. View quote
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