In timp de razboi, pe oameni ii rapune sabia; in timp de pace, luxul.
Bella homines gladius, pace luxus vulnerat.
(Balbus, Sententiae)
Neintelegerile si ura dau nastere la razboaie crancene.
Asperitas, odium saevaque bella movet.
(Ovidius, Ars amandi)
Eroi au existat si inainte de Agamemnon.
Vixere fortes ante Agamemnon.
(Horatius, Odae)