What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
DEMOSTHENESWhat we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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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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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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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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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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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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The fact speak for themselves.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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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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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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