Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
DEMOSTHENESAll speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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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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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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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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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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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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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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The fact speak for themselves.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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