Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
DEMOSTHENESWe need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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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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What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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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 readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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