“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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Historian • Greek

Xenophon of Athens was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and philosopher, and a student of Socrates. As a soldier, he participated in the expedition of Cyrus the Younger and led the legendary retreat of the Ten...

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