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Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.

Demosthenes

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Existence Money Need
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
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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Ourselves People Talk Time
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret

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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