But look at how each of these men faced their fate. If they endured it bravely, then long for that same kind of courage in your own heart. If they died like cowards, then nothing was really lost. Either they earned your admiration for their courage, or they proved they weren't worth copying in their cowardice. What could be more shameful than great men dying so bravely that it makes other people into cowards?
Well, but see how each of them endured his fate, and if they endured it bravely, long in your heart for courage as great as theirs; if they died in a womanish and cowardly manner, nothing was lost: either they deserved that you should admire their courage, or else they did not deserve that you should wish to imitate their cowardice: for what can be more shameful than that the greatest men should die so bravely as to make people cowards.