Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENESWhat we wish, that we readily believe.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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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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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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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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There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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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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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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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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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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