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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

Demosthenes

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret
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
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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Goodness Reminder Reproach
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
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
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
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness

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