Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHONMost 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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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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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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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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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.
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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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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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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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