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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

Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
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.
XENOPHON

Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
XENOPHON

Ability Ignorance Man
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
XENOPHON

Commitment Himself Justice
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
And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
XENOPHON

Care Health Remember Yourself
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
XENOPHON

Beginning Character Myself
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
XENOPHON

Democracy Law Politics Violence
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy

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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