Republic Quotes by Scipio Africanus

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

— Scipio Africanus

Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always…

— Scipio Africanus

Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace.

— Scipio Africanus

Memmius would only be useless to him for a short time, but that he would remain useless to himself and the Republic forever.

— Scipio Africanus

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.

— Scipio Africanus

It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought.

— Scipio Africanus