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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.

Xenophon

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
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
XENOPHON

Commitment Himself Justice
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
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
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Business Future Politics
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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
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
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
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
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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Ourselves Perfection Rich Soul Yourself
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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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Democracy Law Politics Violence

In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.

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