A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
XENOPHONWell-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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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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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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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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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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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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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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