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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

Demosthenes

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
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
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
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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.
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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

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