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People often say what is right and do what is wrong; but nobody can be in the wrong if he is doing what is right.

Xenophon

Anything forced is not beautiful.
XENOPHON

Beautiful Force One Liner
No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
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Human Philosophy Truth
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
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Game Yourself
If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Distance Guide Separate
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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Beginning Character Myself
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man
And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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Care Health Remember Yourself
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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Death Grief Injury Live Mad
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul

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