Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
DEMOSTHENESNothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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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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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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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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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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