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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.

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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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Friendship Himself Man Willing
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
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
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
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
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
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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Benefit Forget Man Remember
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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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Action Himself Proud Spirit
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.

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