Xenophon Quotes (5 quotes)

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„The sweetest of all sounds is praise.“
― Xenophon ―
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„Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.“
― Xenophon ―
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„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.“
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„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.“
― Xenophon ―
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„He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.“
― Xenophon ―

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Author Profession: Soldier

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