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

Xenophon

If 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.
XENOPHON

Death Fall Myself Shame
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
XENOPHON

Harm Health
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
XENOPHON

Courage Deep Experience Fortune Kindness Myself
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
XENOPHON

Force Result
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
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
Let No One Fall Idle.
XENOPHON

Fall Oneself
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
XENOPHON

Danger Quick Scare
We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
XENOPHON

Gratitude Kindness Man
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
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
XENOPHON

Expectation Opportunity
Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
XENOPHON

Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
XENOPHON

Himself Ignorance People Understand
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
XENOPHON

Person Training
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

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