He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from 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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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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The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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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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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
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Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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The man who flies shall fight again.
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one’s self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
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By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.
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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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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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We believe whatever we want to believe.
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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
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