"Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem. Noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem; Ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret."
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Attributed to Ennius by Cicero in De Senectute; Chapter IV (Loeb translation)
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Fabius Maximus
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (c. 280 BC – 203 BC) was a Roman politician and general; famed for his role in the Second Punic War.
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