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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.

Demosthenes

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
DEMOSTHENES

Accompany Action Empty Speech
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
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
What we wish, that we readily believe.
DEMOSTHENES

Believe Willing
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
DEMOSTHENES

Existence Money Need
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.
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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
DEMOSTHENES

Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
We believe whatever we want to believe.
DEMOSTHENES

Believe Willing
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
DEMOSTHENES

Advantage Existence Prevail
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
DEMOSTHENES

Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
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.
DEMOSTHENES

Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
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 state of things.
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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
DEMOSTHENES

Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small

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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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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