What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
DEMOSTHENESEvery dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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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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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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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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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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