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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.

Xenophon

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
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
XENOPHON

Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
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Himself Ignorance People Understand
Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.
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Ourselves Perfection Rich Soul Yourself
Anything forced is not beautiful.
XENOPHON

Beautiful Force One Liner
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
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Business Future Politics
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
XENOPHON

Person Training
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
I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
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
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
XENOPHON

Expectation Opportunity
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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

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