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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.

Xenophon

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
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
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Deserve Himself Victory
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
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
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
He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.
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Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong

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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