“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
Author: Xenophon
Category: beauty
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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.”
— Xenophon
Author: Xenophon
Category: beauty
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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.”
— Xenophon
Author: Xenophon
Category: sympathy
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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.”
— Xenophon
Author: Xenophon
Category: best
Tags: best, Xenophon