Hello my name is Xenophon. I was born in Athens in the year 430 BC and lived until 354 BC. I was a historian, a soldier, and a mercenary. Some of my works include Apology, Memorabilia, Symposium, and Oeconomicus but my most famous history "Anabasis" was about my adventure into Persia as a mercenary in the army of the Achaemenian prince Cyrus the Younger who was attacking the Persian king Artaxerxes II. After the attack failed, I helped 10,000 men back to the Black Sea. My writing tends to be shorter and more to the point and I helped influence the autobiographical genre.
"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not."
"The sweetest of all sounds is praise."
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."
"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."
"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce."
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