On the record44 BC
For we must agree that it takes a brave and heroic soul to hold as slight what most people think grand and glorious, and to disregard it from fixed and settled principles.
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From his treatise on moral duties, Cicero discusses the nature of true courage and the importance of adhering to one's principles.
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