Their Empire Quotes by Cyrus the Great

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Cyrus the Great has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions…
• Diversity in counsel, unity in command.
• Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth - these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you…
• Success always calls for greater generosity - though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an…
• O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the…
• Brevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to…
• In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity…
• All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.
• We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.
• Do not suppose, my dearest sons, that when I have left you I shall be nowhere and no one. Even when I…
• A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.
• Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.

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