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Anything forced is not beautiful.

Xenophon

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.
XENOPHON

Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
XENOPHON

Effort God Goodness Man
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
XENOPHON

Action Determination Yourself
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
XENOPHON

Business Future Politics
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
XENOPHON

Person Training
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
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man
Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
XENOPHON

Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHON

Myself Nation
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
XENOPHON

Game Yourself
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
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.
XENOPHON

Death Fall Myself Shame
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

Anything forced is not beautiful.

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