Pray to God, at the beginning of all thy works, that so thou mayest bring them all to a good ending.
—Xenophon
Topics: Prayer
If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
—Xenophon
Topics: Education
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
—Xenophon
Topics: Grief
So far as drinking is concerned, you have my hearty approval; for wine does of a truth moisten the soul and lull our griefs to sleep….[and with small cups] we shall …be brought by its gentle persuasion to a more sportive mood.
—Xenophon
Topics: Wine
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
—Xenophon
Topics: Praise
The sweetest sound of all is praise.
—Xenophon
Topics: One liners, Praise
A man’s praises have very musical and charming accents in the mouth of another, but sound very flat and untunable in his own.
—Xenophon
Policy goes beyond strength, and contrivance before action; hence it is that direction is left to the commander, and execution to the soldier, who is not to ask Why? but to do what he is commanded.
—Xenophon
He who will not apply himself to business, eventually discovers that he means to get his bread by cheating, stealing, or begging, or else is wholly void of reason.
—Xenophon
Topics: Business
When one side goes against the enemy with the gods’ gift of a stronger morale their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them.
—Xenophon
Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living.
—Xenophon
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Plato Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Xenocrates Greek Philosopher, Scientist
- Aristotle Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Epicurus Greek Philosopher
- Demosthenes Greek Statesman, Orator
- Euripides Ancient Greek Dramatist
- Hippocrates Ancient Greek Physician
- Sophocles Ancient Greek Dramatist
- Theophrastus Greek Philosopher
- Epictetus Ancient Greek Philosopher
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