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„Freedom is not achieved by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it.“

— Epictetus philosopher from Ancient Greece 50 - 138

„It's only God who can promise you unconditional love. And God's love, is the kind of love which doesn't expect to be loved.“

— Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

Love, God

„Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Madness, Dead

„You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.“

— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981

Variant: You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect — you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break — her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.

love, Happiness, Madness, Perfection

„Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

„Every one of you is the leader.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Quoted in Edith Hamilton The Greek Way ([1930] 1993) p. 134.

„On the very day that such resolution is passed, they will see before them ten thousand Clearchuses instead of one.“

— Xenophon, book Anabasis

Bk. 3, ch. 2; pp. 88-89.
Anabasis
Context: On making prisoners of our generals, they expected that we should perish from want of direction and order. It is incumbent, therefore, on our present commanders to be far more vigilant than our former ones, and on those under command to be far more orderly, and more obedient to their officers, at present than they were before…On the very day that such resolution is passed, they will see before them ten thousand Clearchuses instead of one.

„On making prisoners of our generals, they expected that we should perish from want of direction and order.“

— Xenophon, book Anabasis

„It is only for those to employ force who possess strength without judgment; but the well advised will have recourse to other means.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Memorabilia of Socrates Bk. 1, ch. 2, as translated by Sarah Fielding in The Whole Works of Xenophon (1840), p. 523.
Context: It is only for those to employ force who possess strength without judgment; but the well advised will have recourse to other means. Besides, he who pretends to carry his point by force hath need of many associates; but the man who can persuade knows that he is himself sufficient for the purpose; neither can such a one be supposed forward to shed blood; for, who is there would choose to destroy a fellow citizen rather than make a friend of him by mildness and persuasion?

„It is common opinion among us in regard to beauty and wisdom that there is an honourable and a shameful way of bestowing them. For to offer one’s beauty for money to all comers is called prostitution; but we think it virtuous to become friendly with a lover who is known to be a man of honour. So is it with wisdom. Those who offer it to all comers for money are known as sophists, prostitutors of wisdom.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Words spoken by Socrates to Antiphon in Memorabilia, 1.6.11.

Thinking, Lovers, Way, Beauty

„The most delightful of all music, that of your own praises.“

— Xenophon, book Hiero

Hiero, ch. 3, as translated by Richard Graves in The Whole Works of Xenophon (1832) p. 626).

Music

„As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven was involved, and also possible to say that when men are desperate no one can stand up to them.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Hellenica Bk. 7, as translated by Rex Warner in A History of My Times (1979) p. 398.

Men

„But if any other course, in any one's opinion, be better than this, let him, even though he be a private soldier, boldly give us his sentiments; for the safety, which we all seek, is a general concern.“

— Xenophon, book Anabasis

Bk. 3, ch. 2; p. 89.
Anabasis

„For showing loyalty in the midst of prosperity calls for no particular admiration, but always, if men show themselves steadfast when friends have fallen upon misfortunes, this is remembered for all times.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Hellenica Bk. 4, as translated by Carleton L. Brownson (1918)

Loyalty, Time, Men

„The company, then, were feasting in silence, as though some one in authority had commanded them to do so, when Philip the buffoon knocked at the door and told the porter to announce who he was and that he desired to be admitted; he added that with regard to food he had come all prepared, in all varieties—to dine on some other person's,—and that his servant was in great distress with the load he carried of—nothing, and with having an empty stomach. Hearing this, Callias said, “Well, gentlemen, we cannot decently begrudge him at the least the shelter of our roof; so let him come in.” With the words he cast a glance at Autolycus, obviously trying to make out what he had thought of the pleasantry. But Philip, standing at the threshold of the men's hall where the banquet was served, announced: “You all know that I am a jester; and so I have come here with a will, thinking it more of a joke to come to your dinner uninvited than to come by invitation.”“

— Xenophon, Symposium

“Well, then,” said Callias, “take a place; for the guests, though well fed, as you observe, on seriousness, are perhaps rather ill supplied with laughter.”
Symposium, 1.11-13

Personality, Silence, Laughter, Thinking

„Yet is it more honourable, and just, and upright, and pleasing, to treasure in the memory good acts than bad.“

— Xenophon, book Anabasis

Bk. 5, ch. 8; p. 179.
Anabasis

Memory

„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 ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

The Cavalry General, ch. 6, as translated by Henry Graham Dakyns in The Cavalry General (2004) p. 26.

„If the campaign is in summer the general must show himself greedy for his share of the sun and the heat, and in winter for the cold and the frost, and in all labours for toil and fatigue. This will help to make him beloved of his followers.“

— Xenophon, book Cyropaedia

Bk. 1, ch. 6; as translated by Henry Graham Dakyns in Cyropaedia (2004) p. 31.
Cyropaedia, 4th Century BC

Summer, Help, Sun, Winter