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• What we wish, that we readily believe. -- Demosthene
• Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself. DEMOSTHENES
• Pythias once, scoffing at Demosthenes, said that his arguments smelt of the lamp.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Demosthene...
• Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
  -- Demosthenes, Athenian orator and statesma...
• The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. -- Demosthene
• Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Demosthene...
• Nothing risque, nothing gained. -- Alexander Woollco
• Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
  -- Demosthene...