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.
DEMOSTHENESIt is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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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.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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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.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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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.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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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.
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It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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