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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.

Demosthenes

We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
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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Guard Known Safety Suspicious
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
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection 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
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Beginning Enterprise Opportunity Small
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
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 sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth

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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