The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
DEMOSTHENESWe believe whatever we want to believe.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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