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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.

Xenophon

Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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Beginning Character Myself
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
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
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
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
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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Animal Friendship Worth
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Alive Death Philosophy
Let No One Fall Idle.
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Fall Oneself

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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