Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CI: On the Futility of Planning Ahead
“And yet life, Lucilius, is really a battle.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XCVI
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Atqui vivere, Lucili, militare est.
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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BCRelated quotes
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Ba Jin
(1904–2005) Chinese novelist
A Battle For Life (July 1958)
Context: The battle to save life is still going on. Up till now Lao Chiu has already lived for forty-four days. He lives on stubbornly and endures all suffering. Already he has become a banner, a fresh red banner. Many people regard him as a source of encouragement and as a model for them. Many consider him as a personification of the noble qualities of the working class and as a shining example of the great spirit of communism.
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“Yet have we well begun,
Battles so bravely won
Have ever to the sun
By fame been raisëd.”
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Source: To the Cambro-Britons and Their Harp, his Ballad of Agincourt (1627), Lines 29-32.