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Demosthenes told Phocion, "The Athenians will kill you some day when they once are in a rage." "And you," said he, "if they are once in their senses. — Plutarch

What a man wishes, he will believe. — Demosthenes

The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation. — Demosthenes

Small opportunities often presage great enterprises. — Demosthenes

Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also. — Demosthenes

We believe whatever we want to believe. — Demosthenes

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done. — Demosthenes

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. — Demosthenes

As a vessel is known by its sound whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be wise or foolish. — Demosthenes

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance. — Demosthenes

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. — Demosthenes

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. — Demosthenes

I'll betide thee, say I, and may the Gods, or at least the Athenians, confound thee for a vile citizen and a vile third-rate actor! Read the evidence. — Demosthenes

One believes in what one wants to believe in.. — Demosthenes

The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth. — Demosthenes

What we wish, that we readily believe. — Demosthenes

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them. — Demosthenes

Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth. — Plutarch

By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence. — Demosthenes

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.' — Plutarch

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening. — Demosthenes

The most noble title any child can have is Third. — Demosthenes

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

Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth. — Demosthenes

Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great. — Demosthenes

The fact speak for themselves. — Demosthenes

The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once. — Demosthenes

Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stays too long. — Nathaniel Parker

The man who flies shall fight again.
[Lat., Qui fugiebat, rusus praeliabitur.] — Demosthenes

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. — Demosthenes