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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

Demosthenes

What a man wishes, he will believe.
DEMOSTHENES

Believe Himself Man
Do 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.
DEMOSTHENES

Ourselves People Talk Time
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
DEMOSTHENES

Necessary People Protection Talk
The man who flies shall fight again.
DEMOSTHENES

Fight File Man
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
DEMOSTHENES

Friendship Himself Man Willing
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
DEMOSTHENES

Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
We believe whatever we want to believe.
DEMOSTHENES

Believe Willing
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
DEMOSTHENES

Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
DEMOSTHENES

Freedom Safety State
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
DEMOSTHENES

God Image Justice Love Truth
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

Benefit Forget Man Remember
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
DEMOSTHENES

Cloud Place Secret Truth
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
DEMOSTHENES

Consult End Wisdom
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENES

Deal Freedom Goodness State
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
DEMOSTHENES

Deceive Easy One Liner
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
DEMOSTHENES

Goodness Reminder Reproach

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

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