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.
XENOPHONAnyone 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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We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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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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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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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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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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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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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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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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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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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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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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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.
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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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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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