Let No One Fall Idle.
XENOPHONIt is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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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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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.
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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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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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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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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 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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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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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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