Full Idea
It is a great thing, when one is in adversity, to think of duty.
Gist of Idea
It is a great thing, when one is in adversity, to think of duty
Source
Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B042), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 4.44.68
Book Reference
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.99
A Reaction
Something wrong with the translation here, if there is no Greek word for 'duty'.
Related Idea
Idea 7664 The Greeks have no notion of obligation or duty [Berlin]