Forever Quote by Scipio Africanus

What would the world be without him, and those like him?

— Janet Morris

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought.

— James Allen

“Achievement was worth of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become,…

— Tom Holland

He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He…

— Benjamin Harvey Hill

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

— Quintus Ennius

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

— Tacitus

Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

— Charles Caleb Colton

We need a Napoleon. An Alexander. Except that Napoleon lost in the end, and Alexander flamed out and died young. We need a Julius…

— Orson Scott Card

He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.

— Sun Tzu

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition, was not denied to the Roman slave; and if he had any opportunity of rendering himself…

— Edward Gibbon

He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.

— Thucydides

Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?

— Philip Sidney