Equidem ad pacem hortari non desino; quae vel iniusta utilior est quam iustissimum bellum cum civibus.As for me, I cease not to advocate peace. It may be on unjust terms, but even so it is more expedient than the justest of civil wars.Epistulae ad Atticum Letters to Atticus Book VII, Letter 14, section 3; as translated by E.O. Winstedt in the Loeb Classical Library