Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
DEMOSTHENESA man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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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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The fact speak for themselves.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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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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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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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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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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