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

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Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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Friendship Himself Man Willing
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
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Crack Fools Known Sound Wisdom
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past

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

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