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.
XENOPHONAnd 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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I am a stranger in all countries.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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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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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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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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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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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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