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There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.

Demosthenes

The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
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 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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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
The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
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Ability Common Dangerous Man
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing

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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