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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Demosthenes

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
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 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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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
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Action Himself Proud Spirit
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence

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