Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
XENOPHONSeparated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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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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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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In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
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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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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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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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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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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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