The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
DEMOSTHENESThe 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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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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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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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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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.
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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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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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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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As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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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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