Pliny, Man, There's Ash Falling on Us

Pliny the elder died while sailing towards vesuvius and falsely accusing ostriches of sticking their heads in the sand. He was overcome by emotion and said, fortune favors the brave. The phrase is used by militaries all over the world as their motto. It's what officers say to young infantrymen when they run ther folk an debts in a war situation. What people don't know is like they're forgotten.