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Quotation from The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
“To be unable to bear privation for a short time is disgraceful cowardice, not true valour. Those who voluntarily offer themselves to death are more easily found than those who would calmly endure distress”
The Conquest of Gaul, Book VII.77, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)
Opening his speech to the starving garrison of Alesia, Critognatus argues that enduring hunger is braver than a suicidal sally.
Citation: "To be unable to bear privation for a short time is disgraceful cowardice, not true valour. Those who voluntarily offer themselves to death are more easily found than those who would calmly endure distress" — Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, Book VII.77, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-conquest-of-gaul-q8)
Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.
