I.8 "Dying is easy, being cool is harder"
Because you follow the teachings of Thrasea and Cato,
so accomplished, while wishing to stay healthy,
and you don't run towards drawn swords with your chest barred,
You are doing, Decianus, what I'd want you to do.
I don't want a guy who buys his fame with easy blood,
The one I want can be praised without being dead.














