Command Quote by Plutarch

I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman…

— Hannibal

“St. Bernard, with the sharpness of his wit and zeal, has stigmatized the vices of the rebellious people. "Who is ignorant," says the monk…

— Edward Gibbon

Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred.

— John Donne

“Have no fear whatever of the Romans; for they are superior to us neither in numbers nor in bravery… Let us, therefore, go against…

— Dio Cassius

I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.

— Samuel Johnson

“Valdivia's actions symbolize man's indefatigable thirst to take control of a place where he can exercise total authority. That phrase, attributed to Caesar, proclaiming…

— Ernesto Guevara

Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!

— Pierre Corneille

I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.

— John Buchan

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

— Eric Hoffer

As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as well as detestable. Armies…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

“But what made Christians especially dangerous to the Roman order was their refusal to pay what Romans regarded as ordinary respect to their Roman…

— Elaine Pagels

“One of the freeman with tattoos on his cheeks and red-rimmed eyes spat. “There is no resistance since Arviragus surrendered. The coward.” I was…

— Lesley Livingston