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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

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
A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
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Animal Friendship Worth
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.
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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
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.
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People Philosophy Right Wrong
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
XENOPHON

Expectation Opportunity
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Mistake People Reality
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
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
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

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