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Now in those days men of learning sought
brevity of speech. And Croesus, after he had displayed to the men the felicity of his kingdom
and the multitude of the peoples subject to him, asked Anacharsis, who was older than the other
men of wisdom, "Whom do you consider to be the bravest of living beings?" He replied, "The
wildest animals; for they alone willingly die in order to maintain their freedom."
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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