Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real st…

- Demosthenes

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

- 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

One believes in what one wants to believe in.

- Demosthenes

Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.

- Demosthenes

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

- Demosthenes

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

- Demosthenes

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

- Demosthenes

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

- Demosthenes