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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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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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
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
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
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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

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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