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.
DEMOSTHENESA man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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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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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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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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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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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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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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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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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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