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.
DEMOSTHENESYou 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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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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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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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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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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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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The fact speak for themselves.
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