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Xenophon

And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
XENOPHON

Democracy Law Politics Violence
Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHON

Distance Guide Separate
Anything forced is not beautiful.
XENOPHON

Beautiful Force One Liner
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
XENOPHON

Gratitude Kindness Man
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
XENOPHON

Grace Law Respect
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
XENOPHON

Change Opinion Wrong
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
XENOPHON

Confidence Strong
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
XENOPHON

Equality Material Yourself
Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
XENOPHON

Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
XENOPHON

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.
XENOPHON

Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Mistake People Reality
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
Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
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Himself Ignorance People Understand

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