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!
XENOPHONIf 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.
More Xenophon Quotes
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Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.
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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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Moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.
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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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Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.
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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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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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Let No One Fall Idle.
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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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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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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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We’re all going to die, but does that mean we have to be buried alive?
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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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Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.
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