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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.

Demosthenes

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
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
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
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Consult End Wisdom
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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Different Favor Forget Himself Reminder Talk
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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Anxiety Avoid Beware Master War Yourself
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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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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Benefit Forget Man Remember
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
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Myself Regret

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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