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The 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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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
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
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
The 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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Ability Common Dangerous 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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past

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