The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
DEMOSTHENESTo remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
More Demosthenes Quotes
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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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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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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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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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.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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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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