A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
XENOPHONMost people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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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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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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People often say what is right and do what is wrong; but nobody can be in the wrong if he is doing what is right.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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