Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
DEMOSTHENESClouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
DEMOSTHENESWe believe whatever we want to believe.
DEMOSTHENESExcessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENESOne believes in what one wants to believe in.
DEMOSTHENESIt is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
DEMOSTHENESThe readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
DEMOSTHENESBy persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
DEMOSTHENESIt 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.
DEMOSTHENESThere is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
DEMOSTHENESBeware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
DEMOSTHENESNothing is easier than self-deceit.
DEMOSTHENESSmall opportunities often presage great enterprises.
DEMOSTHENESThe man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
DEMOSTHENESThe man who flies shall fight again.
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.
DEMOSTHENESWhatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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