'You should reach the limits of virtue, before you cross the border of death. '

'How glorious fall the valiant, sword in hand, in front of battle for their native land!'

'Rise up, warriors, take your stand at one another's sides, our feet set wide and rooted like oaks in the ground. '

'...learn to love death's ink-black shadow as much as you love the light of dawn. '

'Here is courage, mankind's finest possession, here is the noblest prize that a young man can endeavor to win.'

- Tyrtaeus