Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
XENOPHONEarly on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
More Xenophon Quotes
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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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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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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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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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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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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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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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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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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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