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What a man wishes, he will believe.

Demosthenes

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, “How well he spoke” but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, “Let us march.
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Ourselves People Talk Time
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State

What a man wishes, he will believe.

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