Quotes from Ancient Sparta: 1. “If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, never forget it.” - Chilon of Sparta 2. “He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” - Spartan Creed 3. “You should reach the limits of virtue before you cross the border of death.” - Aristodemus, soldier of Sparta 4. “Here is courage, mankind’s finest possession.” - Tyrtaeus, Spartan poet 5. “The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy, but where they are.” - Plutarch Type ‘HPF’ in the com

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