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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Xenophon
These are some quotes by Greek author Xenophon Soldier, who lived between 430 BC and 357 BC.
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