
Demosthenes Quotes
Consider the following quotes by Demosthenes:
"The fact speak for themselves."
"Nothing is easier than self deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true."
"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."
"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."
"The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true."
"All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action."
"Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue."
"Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master."
"He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach."
"There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self."
"You cannot have a proud and ch"