Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.
XENOPHONDo you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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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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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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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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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Let No One Fall Idle.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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