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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.

Xenophon

Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
XENOPHON

Mistake People Reality
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
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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Animal Friendship Worth
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
Let No One Fall Idle.
XENOPHON

Fall Oneself
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
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
XENOPHON

Deserve Himself Victory

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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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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