The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
XENOPHONHe had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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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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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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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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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Brevity is the soul of command.
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