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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

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
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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Deceive Easy One Liner
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, “How well he spoke” but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, “Let us march.
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Ourselves People Talk Time
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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Ability Common Dangerous Man
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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God Image Justice Love Truth
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
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
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
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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Blessing Destroy Fortune Goodness
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Abuse Impatience Listening Man Natural Pleasure Praise
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

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