The More Able A Man

There Is A Great Deal Of Wishful Thinking In Such Cases It Is The Easiest Thing Of All To Deceive Ones Self.

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.

A Man Is His Own Easiest Dupe, For What He Wishes To Be True He Generally Believes To Be True.

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.

Nothing Is So Easy As To Deceive Oneself; For What We Wish, We Readily Believe.