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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
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
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 easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
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
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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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Benefit Forget Man Remember

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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