It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
DEMOSTHENESA man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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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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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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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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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 end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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