One believes in what one wants to believe in.
DEMOSTHENESWhatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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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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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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