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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.

Xenophon

It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
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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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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Beginning Character Myself
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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Care Health Remember Yourself
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
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

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