illuviem atque inopes mensas durumque cubile et certare malis urgentibus hoste putabat devicto maius; nec tam fugisse cavendo adversa egregium, quam perdomuisse ferendo.
To contend with pressing evils'squalid attire and meagre fare and a hard bed'this he thought more glorious than to win a battle; and he held it a nobler thing to conquer adversity by endurance than to avoid it by precaution.
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