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Anything forced is not beautiful.

Xenophon

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
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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Care Health Remember Yourself
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
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
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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Animal Freedom Himself
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
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
Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!
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Alive Eat Enemy Man Place
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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
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
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
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
Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich

Anything forced is not beautiful.

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