No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
DEMOSTHENESIt is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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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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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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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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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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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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