Let No One Fall Idle.
XENOPHONI will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
More Xenophon Quotes
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A man may hate cruelty and lies, but if he’s never given an opportunity to show what he’s made of, no one will remember him when he dies.
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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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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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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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Anything forced is not beautiful.
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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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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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Brevity is the soul of command.
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Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.
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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves.
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It is better said Socrates, to change an Opinion, than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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I am a stranger in all countries.
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The man who doesn’t know his own ability is ignorant of himself.
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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Perhaps their attacks on my character meant that the hour was ripe for my career to begin in earnest.
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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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Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
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Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.
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