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What a man wishes, he will believe.

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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
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
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
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
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
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
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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Employment Engagement Follow Impossible Man Thinking
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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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