"To his friends he said that he thought the man who feared gibes and jeers was more of a coward than the one who ran away from the enemy."
— Fabius Maximus

January 1, 1970

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Variant translation by Goodwin: He that is afraid of scoffs and reproaches is more a coward than he that flies from the enemy.