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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Demosthenes

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
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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Crack Fools Known Sound Wisdom
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
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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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Friendship Himself Man Willing
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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