Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a single honor, the brave with the weaklings. A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
Iliad and Odyssey
Achilles' fatalistic perspective on death in The Iliad, arguing that glory or inaction ultimately leads to the same end.
c. 8th century BCE
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