Xenophon

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

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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

Xenophon

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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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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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