Friend by Inclination, Enemy by Necessity
Illustration★★During the Roman social war the commanders of the hostile armies met at a place midway between the camps. Scato, the Marsian general, asked a consul of the other side how he should address him. Sextus Pompeius, the Roman general, answered for the consul,—* As a friend by inclination; as an enemy from necessity.”
The point
Even amid war, a Roman general answered his enemy counterpart with respectful courtesy.
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