Dec 4, 2013 | True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“There are others too…that pretend to be pleasures, such as gambling and pointless parties; as time goes on, it becomes clear even to the victims of their seduction that they are afflictions disguised as pleasures….” Socrates, in Xenophon’s The Estate Manager It’s a...
Oct 16, 2013 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“Well then, Critobulus,” said Socrates, “what if I demonstrate that, in the first place, some people spend a lot of money on building useless houses, whereas others spend far less and build perfectly adequate houses?” I wonder what features were typical of ‘useless...
Sep 25, 2013 | True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“For it seems to me that the gods exercised especially acute discernment in establishing the particular pairing which is called male and female, to ensure that such a pair may form a perfect partnership in mutual service.” Xenophon Xenophon does not say that in...
Sep 11, 2013 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“…one of the advantages we will share with each other is having children to support us and look after us as well as they can when we grow old. But what we share now is this home of ours…” Xenophon These are the words of a newlywed groom to his bride. While looking...
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