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

Xenophon

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
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Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
XENOPHON

Alive Death Philosophy
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
XENOPHON

Effort God Goodness Man
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination 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.
XENOPHON

Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Mistake People Reality
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
XENOPHON

Democracy Law Politics Violence
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
XENOPHON

Game Yourself
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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People Philosophy Right Wrong
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
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

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