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

Xenophon

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.
XENOPHON

Animal Freedom Himself
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHON

Myself Nation
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
XENOPHON

Commitment Himself Justice
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
XENOPHON

Person Training
We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
XENOPHON

Alive Death Philosophy
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
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
XENOPHON

Change Opinion Wrong
Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.
XENOPHON

Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
XENOPHON

Action Determination Yourself
Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
XENOPHON

Mistake People Reality
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
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
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle 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

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

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

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