Discrimen, inquit, me occupavit meeiore hostium quam meo tempore; sed necessitas ante rationem est, maxime in bello, quo  raro permittitur tempora eligere.
To them he said: Danger has surprised me at a time better for the enemy than for myself; but necessity outstrips calculation, especially in war, where a man is seldom allowed to choose his own times.
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