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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.

Xenophon

Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Beautiful Force One Liner
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
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man
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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Human Philosophy Truth
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
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Ability Ignorance Man
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
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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Care Health Remember Yourself
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Confidence Strong
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
XENOPHON

Death Grief Injury Live Mad
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Danger Quick Scare
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
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Grace Law Respect

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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