Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
XENOPHONHe had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
More Xenophon Quotes
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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.
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If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.
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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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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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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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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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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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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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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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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.
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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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