Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
DEMOSTHENESTo remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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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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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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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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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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