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Demosthenes: Man, his own dupe

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

Demosthenes (c. 384–322 B.C.), Greek orator. Third Olynthiac, sct. 19 (349 B.C.).


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