Demosthenes Quotes
11 quotes by 9 authors
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The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating the declamations of…
— Noah Webster
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When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'
— Plutarch
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Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stays too long.
— Nathaniel Parker
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I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school math and commented…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.
— Johann Georg Hamann
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The Life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets. Shakespeare is not…
— Thomas B. Macaulay
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When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was…
— Plutarch
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That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and…
— Orson Scott Card
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The most noble title any child can have, Demosthenes wrote, is third.
— Orson Scott Card
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
— Kate Atkinson
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Since I'm only 24 years old, guess I have as good an insight into this rising generation as any other young man my age. And…
— James Dean
Who Wrote These Demosthenes Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 11 Demosthenes Quotes as follows: