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"All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo."

"A brave man acknowledges the strength of others."

"But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality."

"Why Polish the Gold? It builds your confidence when you realize that your words have power and can positively influence. As you seek to find the good in others, you will enjoy the ripple effect reminder for finding the good in yourself. It makes a great ice-breaker to begin a conversation. It helps you meet new people and make new friends. It strengthens your relationships and builds mutual admiration. It brings more happiness and joy into your life. A little praise goes a long way to make others happy."

"Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck."
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"There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform."

"For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim."

"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not."

"For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer."

"The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril."

"A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor."

"Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy."
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