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Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.

Xenophon

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.
XENOPHON

Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
XENOPHON

Business Future Politics
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.
XENOPHON

People Philosophy Right Wrong
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
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
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
XENOPHON

Death Grief Injury Live Mad
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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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Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
XENOPHON

Deserve Himself Victory
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
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
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
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.
XENOPHON

Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHON

Myself Nation

Anyone 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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