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Anything forced is not beautiful.

Xenophon

Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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.
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Human Philosophy Truth
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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Democracy Law Politics Violence
If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.
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Death Fall Myself Shame
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
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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Death Grief Injury Live Mad
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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.
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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul

Anything forced is not beautiful.

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