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If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.
If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.
Approximate author period: c. 75 BC · classical
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- Cicero
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- Approximate author period: c. 75 BC · classical
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