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In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

Xenophon

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
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
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
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
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Deserve Himself Victory
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

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