Demosthenes Quote

The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different.


Third Olynthiac (349 BC), as translated by Charles Rann Kennedy (1852)

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The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different.

The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different.

The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different.

The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different.