"Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen."
— Herodotus

January 1, 1970

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Variant translation: It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.