Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
DEMOSTHENESWhat we wish, that we readily believe.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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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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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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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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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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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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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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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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