Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

Quote by Virgil

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As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

Look with favour upon a bold beginning.

Look with favour upon a bold beginning.

He enters the port with a full sail.

He enters the port with a full sail.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

Want of pluck shows want of blood.

Want of pluck shows want of blood.

Trust one who has tried.

Trust one who has tried.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Age carries all things away, even the mind.

Age carries all things away, even the mind.

Love conquers all.

Love conquers all.

All things deteriorate in time.

All things deteriorate in time.

Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.

Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Age steals away all things, even the mind.

Age steals away all things, even the mind.

O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!

O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!

It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark...

It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark...

Fortune sides with him who dares

Fortune sides with him who dares

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in...

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves...

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves...