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.
XENOPHONIn the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Brevity is the soul of command.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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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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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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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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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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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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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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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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