Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
DEMOSTHENESGreat and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
DEMOSTHENESDo you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, “How well he spoke” but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, “Let us march.
DEMOSTHENESNo man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
DEMOSTHENESThe man who flies shall fight again.
DEMOSTHENESIt is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
DEMOSTHENESSuccess has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
DEMOSTHENESThe man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
DEMOSTHENESThe 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.
DEMOSTHENESWhat we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
DEMOSTHENESThe fact speak for themselves.
DEMOSTHENESIt is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
DEMOSTHENESEverything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
DEMOSTHENESExcessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENESBeware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
DEMOSTHENESI decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
DEMOSTHENESClose alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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