Employment Quote by Demosthenes

“It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.”

Demosthenes

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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

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

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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

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“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each me wishes, that he also believes is true.”

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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

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“Was man wünscht, das glaubt auch jeder.”

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