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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.

Demosthenes

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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
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
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
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
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
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
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
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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
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

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