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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

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
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
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
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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Business Future Politics
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
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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
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
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Equality Material Yourself
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
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

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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