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One believes in what one wants to believe in.

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
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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Action Greatness Man Success Tendency
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
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Action Himself Proud Spirit

One believes in what one wants to believe in.

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