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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.

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.
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Confidence Strong
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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
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
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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Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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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Death Grief Injury Live Mad
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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Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination 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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