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

Demosthenes

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
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
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
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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
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
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
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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

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

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