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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.

Xenophon

Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
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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Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Deserve Himself Victory
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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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Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
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
When a horse wants to display himself, he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.
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Animal Freedom Himself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
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
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man
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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Human Philosophy Truth

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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