Item bellis Punicis omnibus, quom saepe Carthaginienses et in pace et per indutias multa nefaria facinora fecissent, numquam ipsi per occasionem talia fecere; magis, quid se dignum foret, quam quid in illos iure fieri posset quaerebant.
So, too, in all the Punic wars, although the Carthaginians both in peacetime and during truces had often done many abominable deeds, our ancestors never did likewise when they had the opportunity, but they took into consideration what conduct would be consistent with their dignity rather than what action could be justified against the Carthaginians.
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