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.
XENOPHONMen, 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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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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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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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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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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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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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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