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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.

Demosthenes

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
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
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
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
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
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 end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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
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
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

The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.

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