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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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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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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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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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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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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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