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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

Demosthenes

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
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
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
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 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
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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Benefit Forget Man Remember
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech

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