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

Xenophon

If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness 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
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
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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Alive Eat Enemy Man Place
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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Change Opinion Wrong
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Mistake People Reality
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
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Deserve Himself Victory
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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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One Liner Success
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
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 Body Decision Moral Strength
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

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