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

Demosthenes

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
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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Affection Deceive Easy Subtle
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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Action Greatness Man Success Tendency
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man

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