He who confers a favor 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 Quotations
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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.
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one?s self.
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
The fact speak for themselves.
The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.