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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
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
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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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Friendship Himself Man Willing
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
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Action Himself Proud Spirit

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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