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One believes in what one wants to believe in.

Demosthenes

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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 end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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
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
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
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 man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
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

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