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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.

Demosthenes

The man who flies shall fight again.
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Fight File Man
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
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!
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Advantage Existence Prevail
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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Benefit Forget Man Remember
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
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
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Believe Oneself
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
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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Accompany Action Empty Speech
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
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Believe Easy General Man True
Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.
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Appearance Goodness Greatness
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
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Correct Ourselves Ready Way
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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Necessary People Protection 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
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
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 sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
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Author Harvest Mischief Sow Story

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