All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Demosthenes quoteSmall opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Demosthenes quote There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one’s self.
Demosthenes quote Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
Demosthenes quote He who confers a favour 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.
Demosthenes quote Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
Demosthenes quote Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
Demosthenes quote 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 quote Biography
Greek orator, 384BC - 322BC
