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Divus Augustus

Divus Augustus Suetonius
25 He was wont to say also, that "a battle or a war ought never to be undertaken, unless the prospect of gain over balanced the fear of loss. For," said he, "men who pursue small advantages with no small hazard, resemble those who fish with a golden hook, the loss of which, if the line should happen to break, could never be compensated by all the fish they might take."

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