Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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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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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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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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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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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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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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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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