Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
XENOPHONBattles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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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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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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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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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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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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