It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
XENOPHONIf 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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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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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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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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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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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If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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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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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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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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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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