The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.
DEMOSTHENESNothing 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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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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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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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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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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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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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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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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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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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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The fact speak for themselves.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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