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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.

Xenophon

Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Mistake People Reality
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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
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
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
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
When a horse wants to display himself, he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.
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Animal Freedom Himself
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare

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