Fortune Had Favoured Me In This War

While Leonidas Was Preparing To Make His Stand, A Persian Envoy Arrived. The Envoy Explained To Leonidas The Futility Of Trying To Resist The Advance Of The Great King's Army And Demanded That The Greeks Lay Down Their Arms And Submit To The Might Of Persia. Leonidas Laconically Told Xerxes, "come And Get Them.

Let Us Carefully Observe Those Good Qualities Wherein Our Enemies Excel Us; And Endeavor To Excel Them, By Avoiding What Is Faulty, And Imitating What Is Excellent In Them.

A Warrior Carries His Shield For The Sake Of The Entire Line.

He Is A Fool Who Lets Slip A Bird In The Hand For A Bird In The Bush.

Most People Do Not Understand Until Old Age What Plato Tells Them When They Are Young.