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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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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.
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Freedom Safety State
What a man wishes, he will believe.
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Believe Himself Man
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
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
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Believe Willing
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
The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
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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Friendship Himself Man Willing
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
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
The fact speak for themselves.
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Fact Ourselves Talk
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 sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
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Believe Deceive Easy One Liner
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
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness

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