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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?

Xenophon

In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
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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Animal Freedom Himself
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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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People Philosophy Right Wrong
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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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Game Yourself
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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Business Future Politics
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
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
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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Care Health Remember Yourself
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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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
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

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