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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
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
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
XENOPHON

Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
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
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
And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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Democracy Law Politics Violence
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
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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation

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