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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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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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Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Distance Guide Separate
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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Care Health Remember Yourself
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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Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.
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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
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Business Future Politics
If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.
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Death Fall Myself Shame
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man

We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.

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