And whoever I find has the largest number 1 of chariots to show and the largest number of the most efficient horsemen in proportion to his power, Cyrus added, him will I honour as a valuable ally and as a valuable fellow-protector of the sovereignty of the Persians and myself. And with you also, just as with me, let the most deserving be set in the most honourable seats; and let your table, like mine, feed first your own household and then, too, be bountifully arrayed so as to give a share to your friends and to confer some distinction day by day upon any one who does some noble act.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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