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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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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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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

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