We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
XENOPHONA 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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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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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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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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Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.
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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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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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Brevity is the soul of command.
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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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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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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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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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