Memorable Quotes and quotations from DemosthenesDemosthenes Greek orator & politician in Athens (384 BC - 322 BC)Demosthenes - - Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. Demosthenes - - 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. Demosthenes - First Olynthiac - Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue. Demosthenes - Third Olynthiac - Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. Demosthenes - - Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. Demosthenes - - The fact speak for themselves. Demosthenes - - All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. Demosthenes - - 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 - Olynthiac - There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one?s self. |
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