Author: Demosthenes

Quotes

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

- Demosthenes

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.

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

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

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

- Demosthenes

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

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

- Demosthenes

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

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

- Demosthenes

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

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

- Demosthenes

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

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

- Demosthenes

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