70 Quotes by Demosthenes

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.For what every man wishes,that he also believes to be true.

Was man wünscht, das glaubt auch jeder.

Virtue begins with understanding and is fulfilled by courage.

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.

ὃ γάρ ἐστι χείριστον αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ παρεληλυθότος χρόνου, τοῦτο πρὸς τὰ μέλλοντα βέλτιστον ὑπάρχει.

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

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.