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.
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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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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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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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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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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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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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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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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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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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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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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