Lista de Poemas
It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one’s self.
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.
The fact speaks for themselves.
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.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
When asked what was first in oratory, [he] replied to his questioner, ‘action,’ what second, ‘action,’ and again third, ‘action’.
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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Nascido em 384 a.C., Demóstenes superou desafios pessoais iniciais, incluindo a perda precoce de seu pai e a má gestão de sua herança, para se tornar um dos advogados e políticos mais influentes de Atenas. Ele se destacou por seus discursos poderosos e persuasivos, conhecidos como 'filípicas', nos quais alertava os atenienses sobre a ameaça macedônia e os exortava à resistência. Apesar de seus esforços, Atenas acabou caindo sob a influência macedônia. Demóstenes é lembrado por sua integridade, patriotismo e eloquência incomparável, sendo um símbolo da luta pela liberdade democrática.