Skip to content

According to Cato the Elder, Scipio Africanus was wont to say that he was never less at leisure than when at leisure, nor less lonely than when alone.

— Scipio Africanus

Another quote →

Notes from Wikiquote

As reported by Cicero in De Officiis; Book III, Chapter I

More quotes by Scipio Africanus

It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought.

Thankless country, thou shalt not possess even my bones!

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.

I am mindful of human weakness, and I reflect upon the might of Fortune and know that everything that we do is exposed to a thousand chances.

Prepare for war, for you have found peace intolerable.

All Scipio Africanus quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Scipio Africanus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.