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Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.
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Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.
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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
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Agesilaus was very fond of his children and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed as upon a horse, and rode about the room and being seen by one of his friends, he desired him not to speak of it till he had children of his own.
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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.
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Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.
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Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.
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Either is both, and Both is neither.
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Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less.
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Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.
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I see the cure is not worth the pain.
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