Roman History, 45.37.6

Cassius Dio  translated by Earnest Cary

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6Furthermore, the latest comers always desire to surpass what their predecessors have ventured, thinking it a small achievement to behave like them because that has been done before, but preferring to do something original as the only thing worthy of themselves, because unexpected.

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