Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHONWe call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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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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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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Let No One Fall Idle.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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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’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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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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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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Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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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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