For he does not wish to appear the bravest, but to be the bravest.

οὐ γὰρ δοκεῖν ἄριστος, ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει,

Aeschylus

Seven Against Thebes

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Aeschylus. Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας [Seven Against Thebes]. c. 467 BC, Athens, Greece.

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Aeschylus. "Seven Against Thebes." The Persians and Other Plays, edited and translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. Penguin Classics, 2010.

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Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London: Andrew Millar/Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell, 1759, pt. 3, ch. 2.

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Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments, edited by Ryan Patrick Hanley. Penguin Books, 2009, pt. 3, ch. 2.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 23:1-6).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 26:25).

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