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In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

Xenophon

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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.
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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
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
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
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
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
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
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
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 Decision Moral Strength

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