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The man who flies shall fight again.

Demosthenes

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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
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
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
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
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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Action Greatness Man Success Tendency

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