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Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)