What a man wishes, he will believe.
DEMOSTHENESExcessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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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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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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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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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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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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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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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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