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Anything forced is not beautiful.

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
And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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Democracy Law Politics Violence
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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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Death Grief Injury Live Mad
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.
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Death Fall Myself Shame
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
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
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
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 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

Anything forced is not beautiful.

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