“For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.”
“I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.”
“The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.”
“The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.”
“Peace is freedom in tranquility.”
“I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.”
“War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]”
“Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.”
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