Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth - these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage. - Cyrus The Great
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.
- Cyrus The Great
A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them. - Cyrus The Great
A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.
Diversity in counsel, unity in command. - Cyrus The Great
Diversity in counsel, unity in command.
Do not suppose, my dearest sons, that when I have left you I shall be nowhere and no one. Even when I was with you, you did not see my soul, but knew… - Cyrus The Great
Do not suppose, my dearest sons, that when I have left you I shall be nowhere and no one. Even when I was with you, you did not see my soul, but knew…
You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assu… - Cyrus The Great
You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assu…
We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner. - Cyrus The Great
We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.
Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel. - Cyrus The Great
Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.
May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The… - Cyrus The Great
May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The…
O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge … - Cyrus The Great
O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge …
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