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concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.

Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.23, Simon and Schuster
concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.