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start from the same motives which I said a moment ago were the only righteous grounds for going to war. But those wars
which have glory for their end must be carried on with less bitterness. For we contend, for example, with a fellow-citizen
in one way, if he is a personal enemy, in another, if he is a rival: with the rival it is a struggle for office and position, with
the enemy for life and honour. So with the Celtiberians and the Cimbrians we fought as with deadly enemies, not to
determine which should be supreme, but which should survive; but with the Latins, Sabines, Samnites, Carthaginians, and
Pyrrhus we fought for supremacy. The Carthaginians violated treaties; Hannibal was cruel; the others were more merciful.
From Pyrrhus we have this famous speech on the exchange of prisoners... Again, if under stress of circumstance
individuals have made any promise to the enemy, they are bound to keep their word even then
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