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.
XENOPHONHe had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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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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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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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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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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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Brevity is the soul of command.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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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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