Is it not better to die in a glorious attempt, than, after having been the sport of other men's insolence, to resign a wretched and degraded existence with ignominy?.

Quoted in Sallust, Catiline's War, Book XX, pt.Is it not better to die valiantly, than ignominiously to lose our wretched and dishonoured lives after being the sport of others’ insolence?.Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque inhonestam, ubi alienae superbiae ludibrio fueris, per dedecus amittere?.To like the same things and to dislike the same things, only this is a strong friendship.To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.Agreement in likes and dislikes-this, and this only, is what constitutes true friendship.Idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.He is also known for several acquittals in court, including one for the charge of adultery with a Vestal Virgin.

Lucius Sergius Catilina (108 BC – 62 BC), known in English as Catiline, was a Roman patrician, soldier and senator of the 1st century BC best known for the second Catilinarian conspiracy, an attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic and, in particular, the power of the aristocratic Senate. Agreement in likes and dislikes-this, and this only, is what constitutes true friendship.

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