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

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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
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
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
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
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
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe 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
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
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
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
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man

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

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