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Brevity is the soul of command.

Xenophon

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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHON

Myself Nation
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
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
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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Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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
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
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
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

Brevity is the soul of command.

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