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{Author_101} Lucius Annaeus Seneca
{Quote_101} Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent - Stern masters do not reign long.
{Author_102} Aeschylus
{Quote_102} In war, truth is the first casualty
{Author_106} Homer
{Quote_106} The blade itself incites to violence.
{Author_107} Albius Tibullus
{Quote_107} Who was the first that forged the deadly blade? Of rugged steel his savage soul was made.
{Author_108} Hannibal Barca at the age of 9, ca. 238 BC
{Quote_108} I swear so soon as age will permit I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome.
{Author_111} Publius Ovidius Naso
{Quote_111} The gods favour the bold.
{Author_112} G. Cornelius Tacitus
{Quote_112} Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
{Author_114} Dionysius of Halicarnassus
{Quote_114} Only the brave enjoy noble and glorious deaths.
{Author_120} Lucius Annaeus Seneca
{Quote_120} Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis We do not fear death, but the thought of death.
{Author_121} Euripides
{Quote_121} Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
{Author_122} Lucius Annaeus Seneca
{Quote_122} Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
{Author_127} Marcus Tullius Cicero
{Quote_127} Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit - Nothing is so well fortified that money cannot capture it.
{Author_128} Polybius, The Histories, describing the Battle of Telamon
{Quote_128} The Romans were terrified by the fine order of the Celtic host, and the dreadful din [of] the whole army were shouting their war cries. Terrifying too were the naked warriors in front, all in the prime of life and finely built men...
{Author_129} Polybius, The Histories, after writing about the betrayal of Epeiros by Gallic mercenaries
{Quote_129} I thought it necessary to speak at some length on this subject in order to show how foolish the Epirots were, and that no people, if wise, should ever admit a garrison stronger than their own forces, especially if composed of barbarians.
{Author_131} Tacitus, Annals of Imperial Rome
{Quote_131} Barbarians: Greek Historians ignore them, reserving their admiration for Greece only. We Romans too, have underestimated them, since in our devotion to antiquity we neglect modern history
{Author_132} Thucydides
{Quote_132} Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
{Author_134} Thucydides, quoting the Athenian envoy to the neutral Melians, explaining why they should submit without fighting
{Quote_134} Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.
{Author_135} Marcus Tullius Cicero
{Quote_135} The sinews of war are infinite money.
{Author_137} G. Cornelius Tacitus
{Quote_137} The proper arts of a general are judgement and prudence.
{Author_138} Hannibal, asked by Antiochus if his richly ornamented army was enough to defeat the Romans at Magnesia, ca. 189BC
{Quote_138} Indeed they will be more than enough, even though the Romans are the greediest nation on earth!
{Author_141} Athenogoras of Syracuse
{Quote_141} If a man does not strike first, he will be the first struck.
{Author_144} Polybius, The Histories, On the Mercenaries War
{Quote_144} This war had lasted for three years and four months, and it far excelled all wars we know of in cruelty and defiance of principle.
{Author_148} Terence
{Quote_148} Auribus teneō lupum - I am holding the wolf by his ears.
{Author_28} Thucydides
{Quote_28} A collision at sea can ruin your entire day.
{Author_30} Homer
{Quote_30} The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.
{Author_31} Euripides
{Quote_31} Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
{Author_32} Homer
{Quote_32} Ye gods, what dastards would our host command? Swept to the war, the lumber of the land.
{Author_40} Cn. Pompeius Magnus: Plutarch's Life of Pompey
{Quote_40} Stop quoting law. We carry Swords.
{Author_41} Menander
{Quote_41} The man who runs away will fight again.
{Author_43} Thucydides: The Corcryaen speech to the Athenians
{Quote_43} It is the one with the least regrets over concessions to the enemy who will continue in the greatest security.
{Author_44} Thucydides: Perikles' Funeral Oration
{Quote_44} Even for those who were worse in other ways it is right that first place be given to valor against enemies.
{Author_45} Lucius Annaeus Seneca
{Quote_45} In war there is no prize for runner-up.
{Author_46} Lucius Annaeus Seneca
{Quote_46} In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
{Author_51} Hieronymus of Cardia
{Quote_51} The Celts rushed on their enemy with the fury of a wild beast. Hacked with swords and axes, and pierced with missles, their rage died only with life itself. Some even plucked out the weapons that struck them and hurled them back at the Greeks.
{Author_57} Polybius
{Quote_57} A good general not only sees the way to victory, he also knows when victory is impossible.
{Author_58} Polybius
{Quote_58} In war we must always leave room for strokes of fortune, and accidents that cannot be foreseen.
{Author_59} Publilius Syrus
{Quote_59} Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.
{Author_6} Publilius Syrus
{Quote_6} We should provide in peace what we need in war.
{Author_62} Lucius Annaeus Seneca
{Quote_62} Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands.
{Author_64} Publilius Syrus
{Quote_64} He is best secure from dangers who is on his guard even when he seems safe.
{Author_66} Silius Italicus
{Quote_66} In war we must be speedy.
{Author_67} Socrates
{Quote_67} A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of building materials is a house.
{Author_68} Sophacles
{Quote_68} Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
{Author_69} Publius Statius
{Quote_69} The cruelty of war makes for peace.
{Author_7} G. Cornelius Tacitus
{Quote_7} Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
{Author_71} G. Cornelius Tacitus
{Quote_71} Even the bravest are frightened by sudden terrors.
{Author_73} G. Cornelius Tacitus
{Quote_73} A bad peace is even worse than war.
{Author_74} G. Cornelius Tacitus
{Quote_74} The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
{Author_75} Thucydides
{Quote_75} War is not so much a matter of weapons as of money.
{Author_76} Publius Flavius Vegetius
{Quote_76} An ambush, if discovered and promptly surrounded, will repay the intended mischief with interest.
{Author_77} Hannibal Barca, addressing Phormio's lecture on leadership
{Quote_77} I have seen during my life many an old fool; but this one beats them all.
{Author_78} Publius Flavius Vegetius
{Quote_78} Few men are born brave; many become so through training and force of discipline.
{Author_79} Publius Flavius Vegetius
{Quote_79} A general is not easily overcome who can form a true judgement of his own and the enemy's forces.
{Author_82} Xenophon
{Quote_82} When one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of stronger morale, then their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them.
{Author_87} Aeschylus
{Quote_87} ...now in place of the young men urns and ashes are carried home to houses of the fighters.
{Author_88} Demosthenes
{Quote_88} Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
{Author_9} Gaius Julius Caesar
{Quote_9} In war important events result from trivial causes.
{Author_97} Euripides
{Quote_97} Courage may be taught as a child is taught to speak.
{Author_98} Publius Flavius Vegetius
{Quote_98} Valour is superior to numbers.
{Author_99} G. Cornelius Tacitus
{Quote_99} Valour is the contempt of death and pain.
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