Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
XENOPHONLet No One Fall Idle.
More Xenophon Quotes
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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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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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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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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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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.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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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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