Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
Small opportunities are often the beginn…
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
The easiest thing of all is to deceive o…
The easiest thing of all is to deceive one’s self for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
The fact speak for themselves….
The fact speak for themselves.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
The man who has received a benefit ought…
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.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
There is a great deal of wishful thinkin…
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
There is one safeguard known generally t…
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies against despots — suspicion.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
What we have in us of the image of God i…
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous s…
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.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Demosthenes