He 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.
DEMOSTHENESThere 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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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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