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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.

Xenophon

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
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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
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
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
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
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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Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Deserve Himself Victory
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
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

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