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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.

Demosthenes

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
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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Friendship Himself Man Willing
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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
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
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
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 so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth

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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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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