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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!

Xenophon

And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
XENOPHON

Care Health Remember Yourself
Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.
XENOPHON

Ourselves Perfection Rich Soul Yourself
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
XENOPHON

Animal Friendship Worth
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
XENOPHON

Death Grief Injury Live Mad
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
XENOPHON

Confidence Strong
And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
XENOPHON

Democracy Law Politics Violence
Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
XENOPHON

Equality Material Yourself
Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHON

Distance Guide Separate
Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
XENOPHON

Person Training
Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
XENOPHON

Business Future Politics
I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHON

Myself Nation
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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.
XENOPHON

Death Hate Lying Man Opportunity Remember
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.
XENOPHON

People Philosophy Right Wrong

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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