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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

Demosthenes

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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
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
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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
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

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

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