Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
DEMOSTHENESHe who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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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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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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