Scipio vero Africanus turpe esse aiebat in re militari dicere non putaram, videlicet quia explorato et excusso consilio quae ferro aguntur administrari oportere arbitrabatur.
Scipio Africanus used to say that in warfare the words I had not expected disgraced the speaker, thinking no doubt that military operations ought not to be conducted without a thoroughly researched and scrutinized plan.
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