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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.

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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
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
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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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
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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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True

Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.

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