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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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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
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
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe 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
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
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
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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Friendship Himself Man Willing
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
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
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
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
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom

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

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