One believes in what one wants to believe in.
DEMOSTHENESThe end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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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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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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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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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 readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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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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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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