Demosthenes
opportunity small great enterprise
"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
speech action vain action talking
"All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
self-deceit easy
"Nothing is easier than self-deceit."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
great good
"Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
deceive wish true
"Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
power injustice perjury treachery
"It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
vessel sound crack me sppeech foolish
"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 (384-322BC)
persistency excellence
"By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
facts
"The fact speak for themselves."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
success foolish extravagance
"Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)
safeguard wise suspicion skepticism
"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 (384-322BC)
tyrant security free state nation union
"Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states."
—Demosthenes (384-322BC)