Plutarch
Philosopher, Historian
"Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun."
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Pompey
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Plutarch
Philosopher, Historian
"Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared to push on. Caesar [said] to his friends: 'Today the enemy would have won, if they had had a commander who was a winner.'"
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