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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!

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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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Ability Common Dangerous Man
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
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
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
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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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness

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