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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.

Demosthenes

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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Existence Money Need
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth
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
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 not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
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 readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself

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