Arrian Quotes

#1. Even enemies are not indifferent to honorable deeds.

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#2. Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; ... [and] I have been appointed leader of the Greeks ...

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#3. They, astounded at the flash of the armor, and the swiftness of the charge, and attacked by showers of arrows and missiles, half naked as they were, never stopped to resist but gave way.

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#4. One should not inquire too closely where ancient legends about the gods are concerned; many things which reason rejects acquire some color of probability once you bring a god into the story

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#5. In these circumstances they did what most of us do, and, being ignorant of the truth, persuaded themselves into believing what they wished to believe.

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#6. Do not try to lead men who are unwilling to follow you; if their heart is not in it, you will never find the old spirit or the old courage.

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#7. They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise.

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#8. It is more disgraceful for a king to tell lies than anyone else.

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