Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
DEMOSTHENESNothing 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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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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