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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.

Xenophon

Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
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
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
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
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
XENOPHON

Death Grief Injury Live Mad
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself

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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