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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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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
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
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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Crack Fools Known Sound Wisdom
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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Employment Engagement Follow Impossible Man Thinking
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.

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