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Brevity is the soul of command.

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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.
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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
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
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
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
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
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
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
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.
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People Philosophy Right Wrong
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
If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.
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Death Fall Myself Shame
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
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
Brevity is the soul of command.
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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.
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Care Health Remember Yourself

Brevity is the soul of command.

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