c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.365

The Wars of the Jews 3.365

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.365

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

365I confess freely that it is a brave thing to die for liberty; but still so that it be in war, and done by those who take that liberty from us; but in the present case our enemies do neither meet us in battle, nor do they kill us. Now, he is equally a coward who will not die when he is obliged to die, and he who will die when he is not obliged so to do.