“A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean”
Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer
Source: The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), II - Life of Greece (1939), Ch. I: Crete, Section IV: The Fall of Cnossus, P.51
“Victor: Get Stoic.”
Smoke Signals (1998)
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