"nullum contemptu m[ortis incitamentum] ad uincendum homini ab dis immortalibus acrius datum est."
— Hannibal

January 1, 1970

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God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death. — As quoted by Livy, :la:s:Ab Urbe Condita/liber XXI 44, as translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt, in The War with Hannibal (1965).