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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.

Demosthenes

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
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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Ability Common Dangerous Man
It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man’s thought must always follow his employment.
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Employment Engagement Follow Impossible Man Thinking
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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Crack Fools Known Sound Wisdom
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
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
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
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness

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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