Athenians Quote by Demosthenes

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be…

— Demosthenes

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots.…

— Demosthenes

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, 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…

— Demosthenes

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

— Demosthenes

By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

— Demosthenes

He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man…

— Demosthenes

Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous…

— Demosthenes

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

— Demosthenes

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

— Demosthenes

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

— Demosthenes

“Was man wünscht, das glaubt auch jeder.”

— Demosthenes