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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.

Xenophon

Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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Beginning Character Myself
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
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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Democracy Law Politics Violence
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
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
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
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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Game Yourself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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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Ourselves Perfection Rich Soul Yourself

It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.

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