Discourses on Livy coverCHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 10

BOOK III

CHAPTER X

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That a captain cannot escape battle when his enemy forces it on him at all risks.
"Cneius Sulpitius when appointed dictator against the Gauls, being unwilling to tempt Fortune by attacking an enemy whom delay and a disadvantageous position would every day render weaker, protracted the war."