I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
DEMOSTHENESThe 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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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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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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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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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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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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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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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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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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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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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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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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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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