Away with delay—it always injures those who are prepared.
Tolle moras—semper nocuit differre paratis.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
You have taken from me the one privilege of civil war – the power of granting life to the defeated.
Men are ignorant that the purpose of the sword is to save every man from slavery.
I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune.
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