Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXVI: On Various Aspects of Virtue
“All the soul of man is resolution, which in valiant men falters never, until their last breath.”
Ian Smith, "Bitter Harvest".
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