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Aye, by Zeus, answered Cyrus; and what is more, I assure you that I take much more pleasure in showing forth my deeds of kindness than ever I did in my deeds of generalship.
How so? asked Gobryas.
Because said he, in the one field, one must necessarily do harm to men; in the other, only good.
Aye, by Zeus, answered Cyrus; and what is more, I assure you that I take much more pleasure in showing forth my deeds of kindness than ever I did in my deeds of generalship.
How so? asked Gobryas.
Because said he, in the one field, one must necessarily do harm to men; in the other, only good.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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