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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
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
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

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