A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
XENOPHONBattles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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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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Brevity is the soul of command.
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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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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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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.
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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
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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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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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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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