Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE)

"Everything everywhere is subject to the gods and no matter where or what one is, the gods are in control."

• Anabasis Kyrou (Upcountry March of Cyrus, Book II, section 5) by Xenophon and translated by Robin Waterfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

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Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE)

"Let us be the ones who first arouse others to demonstrate their valour. Prove yourselves the best possible officers! Prove yourselves more worthy of command than your commanders!"

• Anabasis Kyrou (Upcountry March of Cyrus, Book III, section 1) by Xenophon and translated by Robin Waterfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

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Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE)

"As you know, everything that belongs to the losers in a war becomes someone else's property, while if we win we can regard our enemies as our baggage-handlers."

• Anabasis Kyrou (Upcountry March of Cyrus, Book III, section 2) by Xenophon and translated by Robin Waterfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005). 

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Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE)

"How shall we fight our enemies if we're cutting one another down? How will any city welcome us as friends when they see anarchy rampant among us?"

• Anabasis Kyrou (Upcountry March of Cyrus, Book V, section 7) by Xenophon and translated by Robin Waterfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

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Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE)

"If we have to fight, we had better go about it so that we fight as effectively as we can."

• Anabasis Kyrou (Upcountry March of Cyrus, Book IV, section 6) by Xenophon and translated by Robin Waterfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

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Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE)

"Remembering good rather than bad is the right thing to do; it is fair and moral, and it gives pleasure to all concerned."

• Anabasis Kyrou (Upcountry March of Cyrus, Book V, section 8) by Xenophon and translated by Robin Waterfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

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Xenophon

Xenophon (lived approximately 420-350 BCE)

"If you want to survive, do your best to win, because it is winners who kill and the losers who die; and if you want to get rich, do your best to conquer, because victors not only keep their own belongings, but also take what belongs to the losers."

•  Anabasis Kyrou (Upcountry March of Cyrus, Book III, section 2) by Xenophon and translated by Robin Waterfield (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

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