"Equidem ad pacem hortari non desino; quae vel iniusta utilior est quam iustissimum bellum cum civibus."
— Cicero

January 1, 1970

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As for me, I cease not to advocate peace. It may be on unjust terms, but even so it is more expedient than the justest of civil wars. — Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus) Book VII, Letter 14, section 3; as translated by E.O. Winstedt in the Loeb Classical Library