Non patiuntur me tenerioribus exemplis diutius insistere fortissimi duces; si quidem Epaminondas, cum ei cives irati sternendarum in oppido viarum contumeliae causa curam mandarent'erat enim illud ministerium apud eos sordidissimum', sine ulla cunctatione id recepit, daturumque se operam ut brevi speciosissimum fieret adseveravit.
Brave commanders do not suffer me to linger longer over examples less robust. Epaminondas compatriots in a fit of spleen put him in charge of paving roads in their town to insult him, that being the meanest of employments in their community. He accepted the commission without hesitation and promised that he would do his best to see that before long it became very honorable.
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