Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
XENOPHONSeparated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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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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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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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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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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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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