black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

Demosthenes

The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
DEMOSTHENES

Ability Common Dangerous Man
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
DEMOSTHENES

Greatness Opportunity Small
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
DEMOSTHENES

Excellence Hard Work Persistence
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
DEMOSTHENES

Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
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.
DEMOSTHENES

Crack Fools Known Sound Wisdom
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
DEMOSTHENES

Goodness Reminder Reproach
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.
DEMOSTHENES

Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
DEMOSTHENES

Believe Easy General Man True
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
DEMOSTHENES

Necessary People Protection Talk
It 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.
DEMOSTHENES

Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
DEMOSTHENES

God Image Justice Love Truth
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
DEMOSTHENES

Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
DEMOSTHENES

Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
DEMOSTHENES

Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
The man who flies shall fight again.
DEMOSTHENES

Fight File Man
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
DEMOSTHENES

Benefit Forget Man Remember

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Demosthenes Quotes