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

Demosthenes

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
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
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
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

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