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

Xenophon

And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
XENOPHON

Democracy Law Politics Violence
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
XENOPHON

Expectation Opportunity
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
XENOPHON

Harm Health
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
XENOPHON

Alive Death Philosophy
Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
XENOPHON

Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
XENOPHON

Change Opinion Wrong
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
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle Decision Moral Strength
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.
XENOPHON

People Philosophy Right Wrong
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
XENOPHON

Effort God Goodness Man

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

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