I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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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The fact speak for themselves.
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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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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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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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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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