All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
DEMOSTHENESAll speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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.
DEMOSTHENESWhat a man wishes, he will believe.
DEMOSTHENESSuccess has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
DEMOSTHENESSmall opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
DEMOSTHENESNothing is easier than self-deceit.
DEMOSTHENESNothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
DEMOSTHENESWe believe whatever we want to believe.
DEMOSTHENESWhat we wish, that we readily believe.
DEMOSTHENESClouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
DEMOSTHENESClose alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
DEMOSTHENESTo remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
DEMOSTHENESIt is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
DEMOSTHENESNothing 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.
DEMOSTHENESSmall opportunities often presage great enterprises.
DEMOSTHENESA man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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