Xenophon

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

— Xenophon

#truth #life

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. ↗

— Xenophon

#everything #fast #fine

...men unite against none so readily as against those whom they see attempting to rule over them. ↗

— Xenophon

#monarchy #war #men

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

— Xenophon

#appointed #aristocracy #complied #considered #government

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer. ↗

— Xenophon

#any #beauty #compulsion #dancer #does

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

— Xenophon

#dead #excess #grief #injury #know

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

— Xenophon

#least #most #pleasure #requires #sauce

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. ↗

— Xenophon

#displays #him #himself #his #horse

The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ↗

— Xenophon

#sounds #sweetest

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform. ↗

— Xenophon

#best #contempt #general #himself #leads