We Believe Whatever We Want To Believe.

We Need Money, For Sure, Athenians, And Without Money Nothing Can Be Done That Ought To Be Done.

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

Beware Lest In Your Anxiety To Avoid War You Obtain A Master

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.

It Is Not Possible To Found A Lasting Power Upon Injustice, Perjury, And Treachery.