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.
DEMOSTHENESThe sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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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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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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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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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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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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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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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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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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