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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Demosthenes

By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
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
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
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
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech

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