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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

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
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
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
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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Death Grief Injury Live Mad
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself
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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Himself Ignorance People Understand
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
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
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
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
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
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
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
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Myself Nation
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
XENOPHON

Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself

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