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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.

Xenophon

It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
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
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
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
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
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
A man may hate cruelty and lies, but if he’s never given an opportunity to show what he’s made of, no one will remember him when he dies.
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Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
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Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
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
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

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