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Xenophon

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.
XENOPHON

Human Philosophy Truth
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
A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
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Animal Friendship Worth
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.
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Death Fall Myself Shame
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
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
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity

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