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)