The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
XENOPHONYour game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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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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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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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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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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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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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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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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