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.
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
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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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
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.
One believes in what one wants to believe in. - Demosthenes
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth. - Demosthenes
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. - Demosthenes
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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 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.
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them. - Demosthenes
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men. - Demosthenes
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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