- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
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- Cymbeline
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- Henry VI, Part 3
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- The Winter's Tale
After Leonidas and several other Spartans have given farewell speeches on the morning of the last stand at Thermopylae, Dienekes is urged to speak, too. The quote captures Dienekes’s character and his outlook on the practice of war. Though he’s been heroic in battle for decades, he’s never accepted special promotions or honors, and he doesn’t pretend to be eloquent, stirring up short-lived courage at the last moment. Instead, he encourages the warriors to overcome the fear in their hearts with love for the men around them. This is the only reason to fight and die today; no other philosophy…