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| Demosthenes
A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver.
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.An Iliad of woes.
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. Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach. No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.Smelling of the lamp.
The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true. The man who flies shall fight again.
[Lat., Qui fugiebat, rusus praeliabitur.]
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. The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one’s self. There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust.To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach. What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.What we wish, that we readily believe.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 his spirit. |
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