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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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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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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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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It is no disgrace but honorable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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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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No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.
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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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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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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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Brevity is the soul of command.
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Success Should Never Breed Complacency.
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Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.
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