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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
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
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
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 end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe 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
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 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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence

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