Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHONMost people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
More Xenophon Quotes
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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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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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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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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