Atheism Quote by Demosthenes

“A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.”

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“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each me wishes, that he also believes is true.”

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Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

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I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

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