He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
XENOPHONBattles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
More Xenophon Quotes
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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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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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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.
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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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In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.
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We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.
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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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Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
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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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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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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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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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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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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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