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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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
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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.
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