Author: Xenophon

Quotes

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

- Xenophon

All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.

All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.

- Xenophon

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

- Xenophon

You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest resolution is generally irresistible.

You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest resolution is generally irresistible.

- Xenophon

Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.

Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.

- Xenophon

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

- Xenophon

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

- Xenophon

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