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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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety 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
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
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
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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Ourselves People Talk Time
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
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
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
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
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
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
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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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness

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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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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