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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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War is just, Samnites, to those for whom it is necessary.
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For he considered that, in many cases, but especially in war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that 'the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.'
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59 BC
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17 AD
(aged 76)
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