“ 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. ”
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“ You are well aware that it is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of a stronger morale that their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them. I have noticed this point too, my friends, that in soldiering the people whose one aim is to keep alive usually find a wretched and dishonorable death, while the people who, realizing that death is the common lot of all men, make it their endeavour to die with honour, somehow seem more often to reach old age and to have a happier life when they are alive. These are facts which you too should realize (our situation demands it) and should show that you yourselves are brave men and should call on the rest to do likewise. ”
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“ If... it would be a gain to any man to hang himself, I certainly think that it would be of the very greatest advantage to a tyrant to do so; for he alone is profited neither by retaining his troubles nor by laying them aside. ”
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“ A horse is a thing of beauty… none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. ”
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“ A horse is a thing of beauty… none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. ”
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“ When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves. ”
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“ A horse is a thing of beauty… none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. ”
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“ Must not he also who has but little trust in others feel himself deprived of a very great blessing? For what society can be agreeable without mutual confidence, even between a man and a wife? ”
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“ The oldest and wisest of human communities show most respect to the gods, and are most careful of their worship. ”
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“ If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation. ”
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“ A man's praises have very musical and charming accents in another's mouth; but very flat and untuneable in his own. ”
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“ If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation. ”
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“ If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation. ”
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“ A horse is a thing of beauty… none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. ”
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“ 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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“ 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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ If... it would be a gain to any man to hang himself, I certainly think that it would be of the very greatest advantage to a tyrant to do so; for he alone is profited neither by retaining his troubles nor by laying them aside. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim. ”
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“ The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril. ”
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