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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

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
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
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
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
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
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
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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
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
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man

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