Xenophon
"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."
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"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."
"أما أنا، فأرى أن الذين يتعهدون الحكمة، ويؤمنون بقدرتهم على توجيه بني وطنهم إلى ما فيه خيرهم، هم أبعد الناس عن أن يكونوا أنصاراً للعنف. ذلك أنهم يدركون تمام الإدراك أن العنف لا يورث إلا الأحقاد والمخاطر، في حين أن النتائج المرجوة يمكن بلوغها بالإقناع، في أمن وسلام ومودة."
Xenophon
"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."
"إن ما يفعله الفرس قسرًا، كما يلاحظ سيمون، يُنجز بلا إدراك؛ ولا يكمن فيه أي بهاء، تمامًا كمن يجلد راقصًا ويحثه بالمهماز."
Xenophon
"A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor."
"الخيل آية في الجمال، لا يملّ الناظر إليه ما دام يزهو في بهائه."
Xenophon
"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not."
"إفراط الحزن على الموتى جنون؛ لأنه إيذاء للأحياء، والموتى لا يدركونه."
Xenophon
"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."
"إن أبناء عظماء الفرس جميعهم يُربّون في البلاط، حيث تتاح لهم فرصة تعلّم الحشمة العظيمة، وحيث لا يُسمع أو يُرى قطّ ما يخدش الحياء."
Xenophon
"I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education."
Xenophon
"No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so."
Xenophon
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