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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Demosthenes

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
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Existence Money Need
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
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
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

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