“No evil is honorable; but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.”
Zeno of Citium (-334–-263 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
As quoted in Epistles No. 82, by Seneca the Younger
“Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.”
IX, 5, 6.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book IX
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