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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.

Xenophon

Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
XENOPHON

Equality Material Yourself
It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
XENOPHON

Grace Law Respect
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
XENOPHON

Danger Quick Scare
Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHON

Control One Liner Soul
He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
XENOPHON

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

Beginning Character Myself
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
Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
XENOPHON

Person Training
Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
XENOPHON

Act Greatness Greedy Honesty Man Quick Rich
Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
XENOPHON

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

Mistake People Reality
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
I am a stranger in all countries.
XENOPHON

Myself Nation
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
Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
XENOPHON

Battle Decision Moral Strength

Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.

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