It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
XENOPHONLet No One Fall Idle.
More Xenophon Quotes
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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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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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We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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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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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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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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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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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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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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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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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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