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

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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
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
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
Anything forced is not beautiful.
XENOPHON

Beautiful Force One Liner
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
In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
XENOPHON

Danger Quick Scare
It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
XENOPHON

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

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

Believe Destiny Expectation Inspirational Yourself
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
The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
XENOPHON

Ability Ignorance Man
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 will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
XENOPHON

Alive Choice Death Freedom Life Myself

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