All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
DEMOSTHENESWhatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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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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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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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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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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