
„The man resolved, and steady to his trust,
Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just,
May the rude rabble's insolence despise,
Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries;
The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles,
And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies,
And with superior greatness smiles.“
— Joseph Addison politician, writer and playwright 1672 - 1719
Translation of Horace, Odes, Book III, ode iii