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

Demosthenes

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 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
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
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
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
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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
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
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
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
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
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
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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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
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

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

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