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

Xenophon

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
If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
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
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
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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Human Philosophy Truth
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Deserve Himself Victory
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
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

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