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

Demosthenes

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
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
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
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
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
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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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
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
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech

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

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