Demosthenes Quotes

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Demosthenes

Great, Small, Often

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

True, Wishes, Believes

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

Freedom, Enemy, Law

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

Action, Speech, Unless

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

Help, Friends, Himself

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

Ourselves, Rid, Correct

What we wish, that we readily believe.
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

Mean, Cannot, Proud

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

Men, Wise, Whether

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

War, Anxiety, Avoid

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

Free, Close, Safe

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

Good, Free, Security

I am a citizen of the world.
Demosthenes

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

Best, Tell, Protection

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

Good, Done, Him

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

Love, God, Truth

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

Wise, Against, Security

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Statesman

Born: 382 BC

Died: 322 BC

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