Xenophon Memorabilia 1.7.1

ed. Edgar Carew Marchant

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ἐπισκεψώμεθα δὲ εἰ καὶ ἀλαζονείας ἀποτρέπων τοὺς συνόντας ἀρετῆς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι προέτρεπεν· ἀεὶ γὰρ ἔλεγεν ὡς οὐκ εἴη καλλίων ὁδὸς ἐπʼ εὐδοξίαν ἢ διʼ ἧς ἄν τις ἀγαθὸς τοῦτο γένοιτο, ὃ καὶ δοκεῖν βούλοιτο. ὅτι δʼ ἀληθῆ ἔλεγεν, ὧδʼ ἐδίδασκεν·

Memorabilia. Xenophon. ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. Oxford. 1921.

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Ἀπομνημονεύματα (Greek) (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 2. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.)

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Memorabilia Perseus (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 4. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923.) — 1.7.1 focus

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Let us next consider whether by discouraging imposture he encouraged his companions to cultivate virtue.¹ For he always said that the best road to glory is the way that makes a man as good as he wishes to be thought. And this was how he demonstrated the truth of this saying:

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