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  • "I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone."  —Scipio Africanus on Body
  • "I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone."  —Scipio Africanus on Leisure

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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (236 รข" 183 BC) was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic.

He was best known for defeating Hannibal of Carthage, a feat that earned him the agnomen Africanus, the nickname the Roman Hannibal and recognition as one of the finest commanders in military history.

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  • Let us make war, since evidently, you have found peace intolerable.
    • To Hannibal prior to the Battle of Zama
  • I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
  • I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

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