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

Demosthenes

Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, “How well he spoke” but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, “Let us march.
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Ourselves People Talk Time
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Existence Money Need
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True

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

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