I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHONAnyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
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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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We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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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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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.
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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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Brevity is the soul of command.
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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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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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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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