Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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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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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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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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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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