Quotes by Demosthenes

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit.For what every man wishes,that he also believes to be true.”

“Was man wnscht, das glaubt auch jeder.”

“Virtue begins with understanding and is fulfilled by courage.”

“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”

“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.”

“Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.”

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit.”

“Was man wünscht, das glaubt auch jeder.”

“The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different.”

“Delivery, delivery, delivery.”

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

“It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.”

“No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and 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.”

“Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.”

“Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!”

“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.”

“Of orators, if I must choose you any, it shall be Demosthenes, both for the argument he handles, and for that his eloquence is more proper to a statesman than Cicero's.”

“Demosthenes would have saved his country had it consented to be saved.”

“Demosthenes met war with war only because submitting to brute force can give but a debasing peace. The strong who hold all the rewards in their hands had no degrading attraction for him. At one str...”