• Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.

    Plutarch: Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.
    Plutarch (2012). “Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete”, p.371, Simon and Schuster