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Xenophon

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
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Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Action Determination Yourself
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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Mistake People Reality
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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Force Result
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
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
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
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
Brevity is the soul of command.
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Control One Liner Soul
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Battle Decision Moral Strength
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
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
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

Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.

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