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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

Demosthenes

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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

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