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 Copy Share Image
“Socrates replied: One thing to me is certain, Antiphon; you have conceived so vivid an idea of my life of misery that for yourself… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
You see that even the enemy did not dare to declare war against us till they had seized our generals, for they were sensible… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
“To quote a dictum of Simon, what a horse does under compulsion he does blindly, and his performance is no more beautiful than would… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
If any among you covet riches, let him endeavour to overcome, for the victorious not only preserve their own possessions but acquire those of… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy. — Xenophon Copy Share Image
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not. — Xenophon Copy Share Image
You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
We are all sensible that the king and Tisaphernes have caused as many of us as they could to be apprehended, and it is… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
