Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
DEMOSTHENESOne believes in what one wants to believe in.
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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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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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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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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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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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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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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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