Quote of the Day

[timelets]

“His son and the other leading men pressed him to tell them what would happen if they took a middle course and let the Romans go unhurt, but imposed terms on them as defeated men according to the laws of war. ‘That is an idea of yours,’ he said, ‘which neither wins friends nor removes enemies. Just try saving the men you have exasperated by humiliation!”

--- Titus Livy. “Rome and Italy.

Reminds me of the Treaty of Versailles.