It is necessary to sail; it is not necessary to live.
Necesse est navigare, vivere non est necesse.

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Pompey
Roman general (106-48 BC). Called Magnus by Sulla, he won three triumphs, cleared the Mediterranean of pirates in three months and conquered Syria. He joined the First Triumvirate but was beaten by Caesar at Pharsalus.
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