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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

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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
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
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness 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
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
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Action Himself Proud Spirit
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Believe Willing
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
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
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Injustice Possible Power
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Dictatorship Enemy Freedom Opponent

By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

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