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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

Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
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
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
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
XENOPHON

Death Grief Injury Live Mad
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
XENOPHON

Expectation Opportunity
Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
XENOPHON

Action Determination Yourself
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!
XENOPHON

Alive Eat Enemy Man Place
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
XENOPHON

Human Philosophy Truth
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
Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
XENOPHON

Game Yourself
If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
XENOPHON

Education Growth Human Virtue Yourself
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
XENOPHON

Ability Ignorance Man
I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHON

Myself Nation
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

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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