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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.

Xenophon

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.
XENOPHON

Human Philosophy Truth
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
XENOPHON

Alive Death Philosophy
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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Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
Let No One Fall Idle.
XENOPHON

Fall Oneself
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
XENOPHON

Care Health Remember Yourself
Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Distance Guide Separate
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
XENOPHON

Game Yourself
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
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
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
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training

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