Woe to the conquered is the law of the world!
La loi de l'univers, c'est malheur aux vaincus!
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Spartacus (Œuvres, 2 vols., Paris, 1783), 3, 3 (Messala to Spartacus) | Compare the exclamation of Brennus, as quoted by Livy, 5, 48, 9: Væ victis! ("Woe to the conquered!").