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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
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
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
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
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Action Himself Proud Spirit
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
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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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

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