Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. -Xenophon Age
For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably. -Xenophon Wisdom
A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. -Xenophon Beauty
I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education. -Xenophon Teacher
All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen. -Xenophon Learning
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 Beauty
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not. -Xenophon Sympathy
