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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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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
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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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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Action Greatness Man Success Tendency
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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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Employment Engagement Follow Impossible Man Thinking
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
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk

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