Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
DEMOSTHENESThe 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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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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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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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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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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The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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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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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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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