Great Throughts Treasury

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Demetrius of Phalerum NULL

Greek Athenian Orator, Statesman, Student of Theophrastus and one of the first Peripatetics

"In prosperity friends do not leave you unless desired, whereas in adversity they stay away of their own accord."

"No man seems to me more unhappy than one who has never met with adversity."

"A timely service rendered where desired is welcome, for its usefulness and the will to accept it redound to the greater honour of the benefactor. A service rendered late and where it is not wanted is unwelcome, because the moment of its usefulness has been missed and the desire to accept it has vanished."

"Who is the best counsellor? The right moment."

"He who is unable to take misfortune nobly is unable to take good fortune adroitly."