Phrase by 'Xenophon'
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierWar , Age , Old Age , Death
Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierWho , Laws , Government , Wherever
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierKnow , Sympathy , Dead , Grief
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierUnderstanding , Done , Beauty , Horse
Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierNever , Man , Build , Plant
A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierBeing , Great , Army , Horse
You see that even the enemy did not dare to declare war against us till they had seized our generals, for they were sensible that, while we had commanders and yielded obedience to them, we were able to conquer them; but, having seized our commanders, they concluded that we should, from a want of command and discipline, be destroyed.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierYou , War , Discipline , Conquer
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.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierBest , Will , Small , Risk
For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
Author: Xenophon - Greek SoldierDrink , Beer , Strong , Water
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