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“The reward of friendship is friendship itself.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship

“Take heed, you bear in mind the piety you owe unto your country and unto your fellow countrymen, whose slaughter by the treachery of the Payneham shall be unto your disgrace everlasting. Unless you press hardily forward to defend them. Fight therefore for your country, and if it be that death overtake you, suffer it willingly for your country’s sake. For death itself is victory, and a healing unto the soul.”
― Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain

“I blame not those who wish to rule, but those who are willing to serve. The same human nature which is always ready to domineer over the subservient, bids us defend ourselves against the aggressor.”
― Thucydides, The Complete Works of Thucydides

“¡Oh ingratos mortales! ¡Jamás conocéis vuestros bienes, sino cuando de ellos carecéis!”
― Fernando de Rojas, La Celestina