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.
XENOPHONAnything forced is not beautiful.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Let No One Fall Idle.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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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.
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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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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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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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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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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When a horse wants to display himself, he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.
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