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Veni, vidi, vici English: I came, I saw, I co

nquered Chinese: I come, I see, I conquer!!!

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cowards have experienced the horror of death many times before they die.

When you are young, the days are short and the days are long; when you are old, the years are short and the days are long.

Even if you gain the whole world, if there is no one to share it with you, you will feel even more desolate.

Divide and conquer first (divide and conquer) 6: Due to human nature, people tend to believe and fear things they have not seen before, and are secretive and unfamiliar.

Kill one person, that is a murderer; kill 100 people, that is a hero

Desperate; win or lose in one fell swoop; take decisive measures.

----- ---Caesar

A wise man learns from his enemies.

-------------Aristophane

“A flock of sheep led by a lion is far more effective than a lion led by sheep”

——Alexander the Great

“If I had not been defeated by you at Zama, I would have ranked myself above Alexander.”

——Hannibal, The famous Carthaginian general who invaded Rome during the Second Punic War.

“Athenians, there is not much time left to encourage everyone, but for the brave, a few words are like a long speech.”

——Hippo Cratis, the Athenian general in the Peloponnesian War

“Take it, or lie on it.”

—A Spartan mother is said to have handed the shield to Give it to your son and say this

"Contempt can cut the enemy's heart more deeply than killing."

——Victius, ancient Roman military theorist and author

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"One day our holy Troy and Pleiades and the spear-bearing people of Pleiades will disappear."

- Homer's poem, Caracas The conqueror of Thage, the famous Roman general Scipio the Younger, recited this sentence on the ruins of Carthage, worrying for his homeland.

"The die has been cast."

——Caesar, crossing the Rubicon

"The mother of a coward will not cry"

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——Latin proverb (Latium is the area near Rome)

“The most reluctant peace is more popular than the most just war.”

—— —Cicero

“Beyond us there are no other tribes, only the waves, the cliffs, and the ferocious Romans. Even those who are loyal and tamed are not immune to their arrogance. These people all over the world Robbers, having plundered all the continents, now come to plunder the seas. If the enemy is rich, they are greedy for wealth; if the enemy is poor, they also want to conquer for glory, whether they are in the East or the West, they are the only ones in the world. They are so greedy for both poverty and wealth. They rob, kill, and steal in the name of "dominance", and they turn everything into scorched earth, but they call it peace."

— —An indictment of Roman atrocities by the British chieftain Catanicus in a speech before the final battle of Granbion, as recorded by Tacitus.

"If the Persian arrows can really cover the sky, then we are fighting in the shade."

——Spartan King Dionys against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae The army's disdainful reply

"The Spartans did not ask how many enemies there were, only where they were."

——Spartan famous saying

" Rome would never make peace as long as a foreigner was on Italian soil.

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——The national motto of Rome, derived from Rome's reply to the Greeks during the Pyrrhic War.

"I have never learned to play beautiful music, but I know how to make An obscure town became glorious and great. ”

——Themistocles, Father of the Athenian Navy

“Varus, give me back my legions! ”

——In 9 AD in Teutoburg, three Roman legions were annihilated by the Germans under the leadership of Governor Varus. Augustus cried bitterly after hearing the news

We make war that we may live in peace -- Aristotle

War can bring peace -- Aristotle (ancient Greek philosopher and scientist)

The sinews of war are infinite money -- Cicero

Infinite money is the driving force of war - Cicero (ancient Roman politician, orator, writer)

Only the dead can see war The end. (Greek Plato)

The wolf does not care whether the sheep in front of it is one or a group.

-----Roman poet Virgil

The die has been thrown.

-----I don’t know who said it

In peacetime, a son buries his father

In war, a father buries his son

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--------Herodotus

In the face of danger, only by being prepared can you avoid danger————Aesop

Make them fear me as much as they hate me

---------Canicula