Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENESEverything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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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.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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