A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.
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