§11.9μείζω δὲ συμφορὰν ἔκρινε τὸ γιγνώσκοντα ἢ ἀγνοοῦντα ἀμελεῖν τῶν ἀγαθῶν.
And he judged it a greater misfortune to neglect good things whether knowing them or being ignorant of them.
δόξης δὲ οὐδεμιᾶς ἤρα ἧς οὐκ ἐξεπόνει τὰ ἴδια.
He desired no glory of which he did not personally work out the corresponding deeds.
μετʼ ὀλίγων δέ μοι ἐδόκει ἀνθρώπων οὐ καρτερίαν τὴν ἀρετὴν ἀλλʼ εὐπάθειαν νομίζειν· ἐπαινούμενος γοῦν ἔχαιρε μᾶλλον ἢ χρήματα κτώμενος.
And he seemed to me, along with few other men, to consider virtue not endurance but enjoyment; at any rate, he rejoiced more when being praised than when acquiring money.
ἀλλὰ μὴν ἀνδρείαν γε τὸ πλέον μετʼ εὐβουλίας ἢ μετὰ κινδύνων ἐπεδείκνυτο, καὶ σοφίαν ἔργῳ μᾶλλον ἢ λόγοις ἤσκει.
Moreover, he displayed his courage more with good counsel than with dangers, and practiced wisdom in deed rather than in words.
§11.10πρᾳότατός γε μὴν φίλοις ὢν ἐχθροῖς φοβερώτατος ἦν· καὶ πόνοις μάλιστα ἀντέχων ἑταίροις ἥδιστα ὑπεῖκε, καλῶν ἔργων μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν καλῶν σωμάτων ἐπιθυμῶν.
While being most gentle to friends, he was most fearsome to enemies; and though enduring troubles the most, he most gladly yielded to his companions, desiring beautiful deeds rather than beautiful bodies.
ἔν γε μὴν ταῖς εὐπραξίαις σωφρονεῖν ἐπιστάμενος ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐθαρσὴς ἐδύνατο εἶναι.
And knowing how to be temperate in successes, he was able to be of good courage in dangers.
§11.11καὶ τὸ εὔχαρι οὐ σκώμμασιν ἀλλὰ τρόπῳ ἐπετήδευε, καὶ τῷ μεγαλόφρονι οὐ σὺν ὕβρει ἀλλὰ σὺν γνώμῃ ἐχρῆτο· τῶν γοῦν ὑπεραύχων καταφρονῶν τῶν μετρίων ταπεινότερος ἦν.
And he practiced gracefulness not with jests but in his manner, and he employed magnanimity not with insolence but with judgment; at any rate, while despising the over-proud, he was humbler than the moderate.
καὶ γὰρ ἐκαλλωπίζετο τῇ μὲν ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα φαυλότητι, τῷ δʼ ἀμφὶ τὸ στράτευμα κόσμῳ καὶ τῷ μὲν αὐτὸς ὡς ἐλαχίστων δεῖσθαι, τῷ δὲ τοὺς φίλους ὡς πλεῖστα ὠφελεῖν.
For he prided himself on the simplicity of his body, but on the order of his army; and on his own needing as little as possible, but on helping his friends as much as possible.
§11.12πρὸς δὲ τούτοις βαρύτατος μὲν ἀνταγωνιστὴς ἦν, κουφότατος δὲ κρατήσας· ἐχθροῖς μὲν δυσεξαπάτητος, φίλοις δὲ εὐπαραπειστότατος.
In addition to these things, he was the most formidable opponent, but the most lenient when victorious; hard to deceive for enemies, but most easily persuaded by friends.
αἰεὶ δὲ τιθεὶς τὰ τῶν φίλων ἀσφαλῶς αἰεὶ ἀμαυροῦν τὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἔργον εἶχεν.
And always placing the affairs of his friends in safety, he always made it his task to obscure those of the enemy.
§11.13ἐκεῖνον οἱ μὲν συγγενεῖς φιλοκηδεμόνα ἐκάλουν, οἱ δὲ χρώμενοι ἀπροφάσιστον, οἱ δʼ ὑπουργήσαντές τι μνήμονα, οἱ δʼ ἀδικούμενοι ἐπίκουρον, οἵ γε μὴν συγκινδυνεύοντες μετὰ θεοὺς σωτῆρα.
Him his kinsmen called devoted, those who associated with him prompt, those who had done him some service grateful, those who were wronged a helper, and those who shared dangers with him, next to the gods, a savior.
§11.14δοκεῖ δʼ ἔμοιγε καὶ τόδε μόνος ἀνθρώπων ἐπιδεῖξαι, ὅτι ἡ μὲν τοῦ σώματος ἰσχὺς γηράσκει, ἡ δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς ῥώμη τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀγήρατός ἐστιν.
And to me at least he seems to have demonstrated this also, alone of men, that whereas the strength of the body grows old, the vigor of the soul of good men is ageless.
ἐκεῖνος γοῦν οὐκ ἀπεῖπε μεγάλην καὶ καλὴν ἐφιέμενος δόξαν, ἔστε τὸ σῶμα φέρειν ἐδύνατο τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ῥώμην.
At any rate, he did not tire of aiming at great and noble glory, as long as his body was able to bear the vigor of his soul.
§11.15τοιγαροῦν ποίας οὐ νεότητος κρεῖττον τὸ ἐκείνου γῆρας ἐφάνη;
Therefore, superior to what youth did his old age not appear?
τίς μὲν γὰρ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἀκμάζων οὕτω φοβερὸς ἦν ὡς Ἀγησίλαος τὸ μήκιστον τοῦ αἰῶνος ἔχων;
For who in his prime was so fearsome to enemies as Agesilaus when he had reached the longest span of life?
τίνος δʼ ἐκποδὼν γενομένου μᾶλλον ἥσθησαν οἱ πολέμιοι ἢ Ἀγησιλάου καίπερ γηραιοῦ τελευτήσαντος;
At whose removal did the enemy rejoice more than at that of Agesilaus, although he died an old man?
τίς δὲ συμμάχοις θάρσος παρέσχεν ὅσον Ἀγησίλαος, καίπερ ἤδη πρὸς τῷ στόματι τοῦ βίου ὤν;
And who provided so much courage to allies as Agesilaus, although he was already at the very end of life?
τίνα δὲ νέον οἱ φίλοι πλέον ἐπόθησαν ἢ Ἀγησίλαον γηραιὸν ἀποθανόντα;
And what young man did friends miss more than Agesilaus who died an old man?
§11.16οὕτω δὲ τελέως ὁ ἀνὴρ τῇ πατρίδι ὠφέλιμος ὢν διεγένετο ὡς καὶ τετελευτηκὼς ἤδη ἔτι μεγαλείως ὠφελῶν τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὴν ἀίδιον οἴκησιν κατηγάγετο, μνημεῖα μὲν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἀρετῆς ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν κτησάμενος, τῆς δὲ βασιλικῆς ταφῆς ἐν τῇ πατρίδι τυχών.
And so completely did this man continue to be useful to his fatherland that even when he had already died, still greatly benefiting the city, he was brought home to his eternal dwelling, having acquired monuments of his own virtue throughout the whole earth, and having obtained a royal burial in his fatherland.