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

Demosthenes

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
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
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
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
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man

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