Demosthenes - Man Quotes

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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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No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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