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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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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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
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
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
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
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
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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

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