And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be vict…

Plato
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And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives as not to abuse or waste the reputation of your ancestors, knowing that to a man who has any self-respect, nothing is more dishonourable than to be honoured, not for his own sake, but on account of the reputation of his ancestors. ✨ Plato (2015). The Complete Plato, p.310, Lulu.com
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