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.
DEMOSTHENESEvery advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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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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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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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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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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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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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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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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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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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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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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