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

Xenophon

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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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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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Himself Ignorance People Understand
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
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
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
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
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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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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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.

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