What a man wishes, he will believe.
DEMOSTHENESThe readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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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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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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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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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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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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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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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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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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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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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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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