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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.

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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
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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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
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 readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
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 man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
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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Crack Fools Known Sound Wisdom
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety 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
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
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk

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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