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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.

— Scipio Africanus

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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.

Prepare for war, for you have found peace intolerable.

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.

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