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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

~Demosthenes

Topics: Beginning Enterprises Great Often Opportunities Small

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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

~Demosthenes

Topics: Accompanied Action Empty Speech Unless Vain

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

~Demosthenes

Topics: Excessive Free Good Security States Tyrants

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

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Topics: Dictator Enemy Every Freedom Law Opponent

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

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Topics: Believe Best Everything For The People Necessarily People Protection Tell Them

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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.

~Demosthenes

Topics: Any Apply Friends Gods Help Himself His Man Right Who Willing

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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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Topics: Actions Cannot Conduct His Man Mean Must Proud Spirit Whatever You Your

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

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Topics: Anxiety Avoid Beware Lest Master Obtain War You Your

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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

Topics: Cracked Foolish Known Men Proved Sound Speeches Vessel Whether Wise

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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

~Demosthenes

Topics: God Image Justice Love Truth Us

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Statesman

Born: Unknown

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