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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

— Democritus Freeman (1948)

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The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures. There are some men who are masters of cities but slaves to women.

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