Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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