"You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory."

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“They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.”

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“Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.”

“It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.”

“He will have true glory who despises it.”

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— Robert Spencer

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— Richard Arnold Epstein

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