The man who flies shall fight again.
DEMOSTHENESExcessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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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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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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