uertue

Updated: May 10, 2025

So a wise-man will show uertue, if he may, in wealth, if not in pouertie: if he shall be able, in his countrie; if not in banishment; if he can, being a commander; if not, being a souldier: if he can being sound; if not, being weaker what fortune soeuer he shall entertaine, he will performe some memorable thing thereby.

- The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome