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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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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
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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Change Fortune High Man Prosperity State
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
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
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
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
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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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
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
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
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
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
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
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
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth

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