Fitness Quote by Xenophon

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

— Xenophon

“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

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

“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

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

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

— Xenophon

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Xenophon

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

He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.

— Xenophon

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