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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

I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
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
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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
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.
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Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.
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Ourselves Perfection Rich Soul Yourself

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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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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