while they are vieing among each other, they waste’time and labor which both could have used in trading and truly enriching themselves.

True self enrichment — trade

parcimonia magnum est vectiga

Lazy and slothful ?

it is necessary to know that the greatest evil of war is not the impoverishment of the people, but the distortion of the distribution of money
anditsconcentrationinthehandsofjustafew.