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.