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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.

Demosthenes

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
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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.
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Benefit Forget Man Remember
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
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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Employment Engagement Follow Impossible Man Thinking
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State

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