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Do you think, then, said Tigranes, that 1 anything breaks a man’s spirit sooner than object fear? Do you not know that those who are beaten with the sword, which is considered the most potent instrument of correction, are nevertheless ready to fight the same enemy again; but when people really fear anyone very much, then they cannot look him in the face, even when he tries to cheer them?
You mean to say, said he, that fear is a heavier punishment to men than real correction.
Do you think, then, said Tigranes, that 1 anything breaks a man’s spirit sooner than object fear? Do you not know that those who are beaten with the sword, which is considered the most potent instrument of correction, are nevertheless ready to fight the same enemy again; but when people really fear anyone very much, then they cannot look him in the face, even when he tries to cheer them?
You mean to say, said he, that fear is a heavier punishment to men than real correction.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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