“Arms are of little value in the field unless there is wise counsel at home.”

—  Marcus Tullius Cicero

Book I, section 76 (trans. Walter Miller)
De Officiis – On Duties (44 BC)

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Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.

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