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| 8 But, assuredly,
Fortune rules in all things. She makes everything famous or obscure rather from
caprice than in conformity with truth. The exploits of the Athenians, as far as
I can judge, were very great and glorious, yet something inferior to what fame
has represented them. But because writers of great talent flourished there, the
actions of the Athenians are celebrated over the world as the most splendid of
achievements. Thus, the merit of those who have acted is estimated at the
highest point to which illustrious intellects could exalt it in their writings.
But among the Romans there was never any such abundance of writers; for, with them, the most able men were the most actively employed. No one exercised the mind independently of the body; every man of ability chose to act rather than narrate, and was more desirous that his own merits should be celebrated by others, than that he himself should record theirs. |
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