The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
XENOPHONWhen 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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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!
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Let No One Fall Idle.
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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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Brevity is the soul of command.
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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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Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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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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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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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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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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