Monday, October 8, 2012

Demosthenes Quotes

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. 
Demosthenes 


A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. 
Demosthenes 


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. 
Demosthenes 


All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. 
Demosthenes 


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 


What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice. 
Demosthenes

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. 
Demosthenes 


What we wish, that we readily believe. 
Demosthenes 


To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach. 
Demosthenes 


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


I am a citizen of the world. 
Demosthenes 


Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. 
Demosthenes 


Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. 
Demosthenes 


Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. 
Demosthenes 


Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. 
Demosthenes 


The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them. 
Demosthenes 


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. 
Demosthenes

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