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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

Demosthenes

The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
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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Benefit Forget Man Remember
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
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
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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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

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