Quotes by : Xenophon

For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens....

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and....

All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of....

...men unite against none so readily as against those whom theysee attempting to rule over them.

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

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not....

You are well aware that it is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when....

I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.....

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.