The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
DEMOSTHENESIt 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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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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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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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, “How well he spoke” but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, “Let us march.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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