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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.

Xenophon

Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
XENOPHON

Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle Body Decision Moral Strength
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
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
He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.
XENOPHON

Beautiful Hope Marriage Struggle Woman
Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
XENOPHON

Confidence Strong
Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
XENOPHON

One Liner Success
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
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
XENOPHON

Force Result
Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
XENOPHON

Beginning Character Myself
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
Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
XENOPHON

Harm Health
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
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
Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
XENOPHON

Expectation Opportunity

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