Quotes of Demosthenes - somelinesforyou

“ 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

“ 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. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ”

- Demosthenes

“ All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. ”

- Demosthenes

“ The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Nothing is easier than selfdeceit. For what every man wishes, that he also believes to be true. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Was man wünscht, das glaubt auch jeder. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. ”

- Demosthenes

“ 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. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ”

- Demosthenes

“ To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach. ”

- Demosthenes

“ All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. ”

- Demosthenes

“ 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

“ Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. ”

- Demosthenes

“ 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. ”

- Demosthenes

“ Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. ”

- Demosthenes

“ A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver. ”

- Demosthenes

“ The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth. ”

- Demosthenes

“ 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

“ All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. ”

- Demosthenes

“ A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. ”

- Demosthenes

“ There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion. ”

- Demosthenes

“ The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true. ”

- Demosthenes

“ 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. ”

- Demosthenes

“ The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. ”

- Demosthenes

“ To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach. ”

- Demosthenes
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