We must indeed escape, but with our hands, not our feet.
φευκτέον μέν, οὐ τοῖς ποσὶν ἀλλὰ ταῖς χερσίν.

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Marcus Junius Brutus
Roman senator and Stoic (85-42 BC). Led the liberatores who stabbed Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BC; defeated at Philippi, he fell on his sword. Read as either republican martyr or archetypal traitor.
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