Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
XENOPHONNo human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
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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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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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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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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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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.
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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.
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