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

 

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


-Xenophon
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This quote is just one of 10 total Xenophon quotes in our collection. Xenophon is known for saying 'Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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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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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

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