It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
DEMOSTHENESGood fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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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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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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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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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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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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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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