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Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator byl římský konzul, vojevůdce a diktátor. Jako diktátor uplatňoval proti Hannibalově postupu za druhé punské války taktiku spálené země. Wikipedia  

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“To his friends he said that he thought the man who feared gibes and jeers was more of a coward than the one who ran away from the enemy.”

Moralia: Sayings of Kings and Commanders, Plutarch; English translation by Frank Cole Babbitt
Variant translation by Goodwin:
He that is afraid of scoffs and reproaches is more a coward than he that flies from the enemy.