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

Demosthenes

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
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
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
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
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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 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.
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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
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
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
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
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 readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness 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

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

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