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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

Demosthenes

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
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

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