marcet sine adversario virtus Phrase
Meaning:
valor becomes feeble without an opponent
Comment
Seneca the Younger, De Providentia 2:4. Also, translated into English as "[their] strength and courage droop without an antagonist" ("Of Providence" (1900) by Seneca, translated by Aubrey Stewart),[67] "without an adversary, prowess shrivels" (Moral Essays (1928) by Seneca, translated by John W, Basore)[68] and "prowess withers without opposition".
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