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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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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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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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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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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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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The fact speak for themselves.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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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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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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