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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

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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
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Greatness Opportunity Small
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 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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Believe Consistency Easy Expectation State
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
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Action Greatness Man Success Tendency
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection Talk
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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Excellence Hard Work Persistence
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
Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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Act Fools Greatness Rush Success
Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth.
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Cloud Place Secret Truth
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
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Deal Freedom Goodness State
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases it is the easiest thing of all to deceive ones self.
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Deal Greatness Oneself Thinking
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
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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Issues Judgement Light Past
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State

By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.

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