Avoiding Quote by Quintus Ennius

One man by delaying saved the state for us.

— Quintus Ennius

There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of…

— Tacitus

“An inchoate mass of ambition, Julius knew that he had soon, soon to find something to be ambitious for; otherwise, he risked terminal resentment,…

— Claire Messud

A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.

— Alexander Suvorov

“This vexed Theseus, and determining not to hold aloof, but to share the fortunes of the people, he came forward and offered himself without…

— Plutarch

The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure - after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours.

— Halsey

The spectator and historian of [Belisarius's] exploits has observed, that amidst the perils of war, he was daring without rashness, prudent without fear, slow…

— Edward Gibbon

“Polybius managed to attach himself to the clan and person of Scipio Aemilianus, grandson of one of the two losing consuls at Cannae,”

— Robert L. O'Connell

“Man is not a 'fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant'. He changed drastically when he developed 'divided consciousness' to cope with…

— Colin Wilson

Pyrrhus, when his friends congratulated to him his victory over the Romans under Fabricius, but with great slaughter of his own side, said to…

— Francis Bacon

Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.

— Hannibal