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Brevity is the soul of command.

Xenophon

Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHON

Distance Guide Separate
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
XENOPHON

Business Future Politics
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
XENOPHON

Effort God Goodness Man
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
XENOPHON

Gratitude Kindness Man
Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
XENOPHON

Himself Ignorance People Understand
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.
XENOPHON

People Philosophy Right Wrong
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
XENOPHON

Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
XENOPHON

Person Training
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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
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
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
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
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
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice

Brevity is the soul of command.

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