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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Demosthenes

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, “How well he spoke” but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, “Let us march.
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Ourselves People Talk Time
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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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
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

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