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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.

Xenophon

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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Democracy Law Politics Violence
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
XENOPHON

Confidence Strong
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
XENOPHON

Business Future Politics
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
XENOPHON

Alive Death Philosophy
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Deserve Himself Victory
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Anything forced is not beautiful.
XENOPHON

Beautiful Force One Liner
Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
XENOPHON

Himself Ignorance People Understand
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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Animal Friendship Worth
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
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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Death Fall Myself Shame
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!
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Alive Eat Enemy Man Place
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength

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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