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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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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
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Game Yourself
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
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
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
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
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
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
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man

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