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.
XENOPHONAnd even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
More Xenophon Quotes
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
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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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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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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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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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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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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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Brevity is the soul of command.
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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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