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.
XENOPHONWe call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
More Xenophon Quotes
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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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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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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!
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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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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Whether in industry or in politics, leaders should be building a new, more flexible order for the imperiled generations to come.
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In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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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.
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