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.
DEMOSTHENESNo man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
More Demosthenes Quotes
-
-
We believe whatever we want to believe.
DEMOSTHENES -
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
DEMOSTHENES -
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
DEMOSTHENES -
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
DEMOSTHENES -
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
DEMOSTHENES -
The fact speak for themselves.
DEMOSTHENES -
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
DEMOSTHENES -
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
DEMOSTHENES -
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
DEMOSTHENES -
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
DEMOSTHENES -
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
DEMOSTHENES -
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.
DEMOSTHENES -
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
DEMOSTHENES -
The man who flies shall fight again.
DEMOSTHENES -
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
DEMOSTHENES