The Comparison of Philopoemen with Flamininus   

magistrate, than he whom they had elected to the office. The equity,
clemency, and humanity of Titus towards the Greeks display a great
and generous nature; but the actions of Philopoemen, full of courage,
and forward to assert his country's liberty against the Romans, have
something yet greater and nobler in them. For it is not as hard a
task to gratify the indigent and distressed, as to bear up against
and to dare to incur the anger of the powerful. To conclude, since
it does not appear to be easy, by any review or discussion, to establish
the true difference of their merits and decide to which a preference
is due, will it be an unfair award in the case, if we let the Greek
bear away the crown for military conduct and warlike skill, and the
Roman for justice and clemency?
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