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“After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws."”
Provenance
- Source:
- Roman Apophthegms. Cicero.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 435f896bcacfd84eaf49180e9b29be0ebc9491ad912c471ab067f223487189f9
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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