Anything forced is not beautiful.
XENOPHONWe’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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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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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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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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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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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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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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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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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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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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