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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.

Xenophon

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
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
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
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
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
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
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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
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
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
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
A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
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Animal Friendship Worth
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material 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

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