Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
DEMOSTHENESThe more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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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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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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