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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.

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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle Decision Moral Strength
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
XENOPHON

Game Yourself
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.
XENOPHON

Human Philosophy Truth
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
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
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
XENOPHON

Action Determination Yourself
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
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
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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
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
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Person Training

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