“It is the mark of a wise man to bear up against oncoming evils with a stout heart and not let them vex his spirit.”
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ἀνδρὸς γὰρ πινυτοῖο καὶ ἄλγεα πόλλ’ ἐπιόντα
τλῆναι ὑπὸ κραδίῃ στερεῇ φρενὶ μηδ’ ἀκάχησθαι.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy, 5.596-7
