A History of My Times Quotes

“In my opinion, however, disasters such as these teach men this lesson with regard to anger: one ought not to punish even a slave in anger; for masters who have lost their tempers often do more harm to themselves than they inflict; but in dealing with enemies it is utterly and entirely wrong to launch an attack under the influence of anger and without deliberation.

Anger does not look ahead, whereas deliberation is just as concerned with avoiding harm oneself as with inflicting it on the enemy.”
― Xenophon, A History of My Times

“En consecuencia, en la Hélade hubo aún mayor indecisión y confusión después de la batalla que antes”
― Jenofonte, Helénicas (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos nº 2)

“Mas los que comparecieron para la lucha ya no la iniciaron en la pista, sino entre la pista y el altar”
― Jenofonte, Helénicas (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos nº 2)