“Those who cannot face danger like men are the slaves of any invader.”

—  Aristotle , book Politics

Book VII, 15, 1334a
Politics

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οἱ ... μὴ δυνάμενοι κινδυνεύειν ἀνδρείως δοῦλοι τῶν ἐπιόντων εἰσίν.

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