Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENESDo 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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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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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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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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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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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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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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The 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.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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