Anything forced is not beautiful.
XENOPHONBattles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
More Xenophon Quotes
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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When a horse wants to display himself, he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.
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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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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
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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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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
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