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.
DEMOSTHENESThere 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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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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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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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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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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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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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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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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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