Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHONHe had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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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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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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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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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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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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If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.
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Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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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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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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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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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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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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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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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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