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

Xenophon

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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People Philosophy Right Wrong
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training
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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Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
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
No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
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Human Philosophy Truth
When a horse wants to display himself, he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.
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Animal Freedom Himself
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect
A man may hate cruelty and lies, but if he’s never given an opportunity to show what he’s made of, no one will remember him when he dies.
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Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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

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

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