WIST Quotations moves again!A quotation from Cicero, Marcus Tullius:
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If anything does happen to me, I shall fall with a contented and prepared mind; and, indeed, death cannot be disgraceful to a brave man, nor premature to one of consular rank, nor miserable to a wise man.
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Orationes in Catilinam [Catilinarian Orations], No. 4, § 2, cl. 3 (4.2.3) (63-12-05 BC) [tr. Yonge (1856), 4.3] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations
If anything does happen to me, I shall fall with a contented and prepared mind; and, indeed, death cannot be disgraceful to a brave man, nor premature to one of consular rank, nor miserable to a wise man. [Si quid obtigerit, aequo animo paratoque moriar. nam neque turpis1mors forti viro…
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