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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

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

Confidence Strong
Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
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
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
XENOPHON

Beginning Character Myself
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.
XENOPHON

People Philosophy Right Wrong
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Distance Guide Separate
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.
XENOPHON

Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
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
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
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
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
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
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself

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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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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