To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
DEMOSTHENESDo 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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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
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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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Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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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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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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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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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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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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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.
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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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Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
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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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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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