Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHONA Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
More Xenophon Quotes
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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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!
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And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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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.
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I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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Let No One Fall Idle.
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Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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