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.
DEMOSTHENESEvery advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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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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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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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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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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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.
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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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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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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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