Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
DEMOSTHENESTo remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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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It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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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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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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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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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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