Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
DEMOSTHENES
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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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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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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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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 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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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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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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