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All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity read more
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.
Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.
Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.
Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life!
Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life!
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity read more
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
[Lat., Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero.]
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
[Lat., Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero.]
Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After read more
Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After crashing, he asked a crew member to retrieve his bloodied and severed arm so he could remove from its wrist the gold watch his father had given him.
Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter.
Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter.
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
- Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),