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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.

Xenophon

Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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
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
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
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
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
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 of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.
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Ourselves Perfection Rich Soul Yourself
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong

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