Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
DEMOSTHENESThe readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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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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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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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.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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