[Gutenberg 45532] • History of Julius Cæsar, Vol. 2 of 2

[...]instead of calmly estimating the causes which have produced them. The sequel of this history will prove that all the responsibility of the civil war belongs not to Caesar, but to Pompey. And although the former had his eyes incessantly fixed on his enemies at Rome, none the less for that he pursued his conquests, without making them subordinate to his personal interests. If he had sought only his own elevation in his military successes, he would have followed[...]."