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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

Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Distance Guide Separate
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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Harm Health
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.
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Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
XENOPHON

Care Health Remember Yourself
Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
XENOPHON

Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
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
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
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
When a horse wants to display himself, he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.
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Animal Freedom Himself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
XENOPHON

Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
XENOPHON

Confidence Strong

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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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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