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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

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
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
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
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Game Yourself
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
XENOPHON

Alive Death Philosophy
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
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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Care Health Remember Yourself
He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.
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Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect

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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