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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

We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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Gratitude Kindness Man
Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
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
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
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
XENOPHON

Confidence Strong
Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Effort God Goodness Man
A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
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Animal Friendship Worth
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Wrong
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
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.
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Darkness Generosity Greatness Greedy People Success
Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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Distance Guide Separate
Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Commitment Himself Justice
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle Decision Moral Strength
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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Game Yourself
People often say what is right and do what is wrong; but nobody can be in the wrong if he is doing what is right.
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People Philosophy Right Wrong
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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Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich

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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