Demosthenes
Books by Demosthenes
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Quotes by Demosthenes
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Virtue begins with understanding and is fulfilled by courage.
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Was man wünscht, das glaubt auch jeder.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.For what every man wishes,that he also believes to be true.
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Was man wünscht, das glaubt auch jeder.
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Virtue begins with understanding and is fulfilled by courage.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.For what every man wishes,that he also believes to be true.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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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.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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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.
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.
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