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One believes in what one wants to believe in.

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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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 so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
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
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence

One believes in what one wants to believe in.

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