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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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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
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
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
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
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
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
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
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
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.
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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Expectation Opportunity
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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People Philosophy Right Wrong

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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