“When fear has seized upon the mind, man fears that only which he first began to fear.”
IV, 16, 17.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book IV
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Ubi intravit animos pavor, id solum metuunt, quod primum formidare cœperunt.
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