"Excess of grief for the dead is madness;……" — Xenophon
"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not."
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12 Quotes by Xenophon
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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who…
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty…
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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself…
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Agriculture for an honorable and highminded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the…
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As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven was involved, and also possible…
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The sweetest sound of all is praise.
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