“Now always be the best, my boy, the bravest,
and hold your head up high above the others.”

—  Homér , Iliad

VI. 208 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

Original

Αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων.

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