“No one returns with good-will to the place which has done him a mischief.”
Book I, fable 18, line 1.
Fables
“An ambuscade, if discovered and promptly surrounded, will return the intended mischief with interest.”
De Re Militari (also Epitoma Rei Militaris), Book III, "Dispositions for Action"
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