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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

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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
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
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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Benefit Forget Man Remember
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

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