Julian

“ But since this is impossible for you and inexpedient, do you remain at home and prosper and preserve the tranquillity that you enjoy, while I will endure with a brave spirit whatever God may send. [5] For we are told that it is the proof of a good man to keep hoping for the best, to do his duty and follow his fate and the will of God.
Footnotes
↑ The phrase is borrowed from Demosthenes, On the Chersonese 45.↑ Tereus was king of Thrace.↑ Julian paraphrases Iliad 17. ”