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In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.


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ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war...
TERRY PRATCHETT A wise man sees as much as he should, not as much as he can.
UNKNOWN I will love to be called a foolish man of peace, than to be named a wise man of war. Show me your we...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB The world of man is divided as man himself established and establish. Should it be war or peace, pov...
MARIANA FULGER A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.
SIR JAMES GLOVER A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.
LORD MORAN The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
SAMUEL SMILES The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
MARCUS AURELIUS A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
FRANCIS BACON A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
FRANCIS BACON A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
SIR FRANCIS BACON A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
FRANCIS BACON SR. If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
PROVERB If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
TURKISH PROVERB If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb
TURKISH PROVERB A man who is wise is only as wise as his wife thinks he is.
VIKRANT PARSAI War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which g...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed...
BIBLE I knew a very wise man that believed that . . . if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...
ANDREW FLETCHER OF SALTOUN (2) Those who want peace should prepare for war and be strong.
AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpos...
SIDNEY SHELDON The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
FRANCIS BACON SR. Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to ma...
BAUDOUIN I If we are looking for respect and peace from others, isn't that something we should be offering to t...
GAIL MARIE MACLEAN A wise man once found peace in the practice of saying nothing, leaving the gossiper with no other ch...
HERBERT MAURICE BRUNNER We must fight for peace bravely as we fought in war.
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI It is a fool's plan to teach a man to be a cur in peace, and think that he will be a lion in war.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, SR. Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he were what he poten...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain ...
WILLIAM HAZLITT Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In times of war or peace the US will gladly pay a man to fail should his heart be in it, a small shi...
JONATHAN CULVER He's a very, very talented young man. As he has shown in the Majors he is well deserving and wise be...
DAN ROHN The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
E. W. HOWE The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a...
BIBLE We make war that we may live in peace.
ARISTIDES ("THE JUST") We make war that we may live in peace.
ARISTOTLE For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.
BIBLE In the final analysis, these are signs of preparation of war and the government should be aware of i...
HARRY GOONETILLEKE Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace woul...
WINSTON CHURCHILL If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alon...
SAMUEL JOHNSON We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.
PAUL HOFFMAN No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation
DANIEL WEBSTER At time of peace, we should love one another.
At war, we should set our minds as the hunters.
TOBA BETA A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able...
THOMAS HOBBES In a scheme of policy which is devised for a nation, we should not limit our views to its operation ...
HENRY CLAY That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
GEORGE ELIOT It takes twenty years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy...
BAUDOUIN I How he in peace is wounded, not in war.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks.
CRISS JAMI War should be so engaged in that nothing but peace should appear to be aimed at.
VIKRANT PARSAI A child plays so as an old man he can be wise
JOEY NOVICK Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will m...
SAMUEL JOHNSON A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
JACK HERBERT A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
GEORGE HERBERT A wise man cares not for what he cannot have
JACK HERBERT Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a man of peace. He was a radical pacifist, and so he was against...
CORNEL WEST If a wise king is averse to war, he should not declare it publicly; otherwise a belligerent king wou...
DR HITESH C SHETH Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.
JAMES MONROE Where resides the comforting knowledge of history's vast, cyclical sweep, the ebb and flow of wars a...
STEVEN ERIKSON If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left...
SAMUEL JOHNSON A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
JONATHAN SWIFT A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have.
ITALIAN PROVERB If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common...
ROGER ASCHAM It is easier to make war than to make peace.
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU Adversity and loss make a man wise
WELSH PROVERB “War is the only peace for ignorance. Peace is the only war for wisdom.”
EPHDAN Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indi...
HAILE SELASSIE He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!"

"As do ...
SCOTT WESTERFELD He is the English Horace,
ALEXANDER POPE In my view, any government whose state is perpetually at war, and remains so in spite of initiatives...
CHRISTINA ENGELA A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his...
J.C. RYLE Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and
he wi...
STEPHEN R. COVEY It is far easier to make war than to make peace.
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU It is far easier to make war than to make peace
GEORGE CLEMENCEAU There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his so...
BIBLE There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his so...
BIBLE The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday
CHRISTOPHER FUDGE Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool o...
ALVA MYRDAL A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
ELBERT GREEN HUBBARD A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishe...
JASON ZEBEHAZY War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice. War, and preparation for war, call for...
STEVEN PRESSFIELD He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
SAMUEL JOHNSON He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty
SAMUEL JOHNSON Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after Will. He ad...
JOHN FLANAGAN You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.
HENRY KISSINGER That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but whic...
RICHARD WHATELY We should be ready for a change.
DEYTH BANGER As a child, I thought that war and peace were opposites. Yet I lived in peace when Vietnam was in fl...
KIM THúY The Fever Bird

The fever bird sand out last night.
I could not sleep, try as I might...
VIKRAM SETH A wise man was once foolish and throw foolishness did he become wise
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left...
SAMUEL JOHNSON This man gave up his life for all of us just as if he were in a war on foreign land. He was a soldie...
DONNIE WILLIAMS The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war.
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HORACE He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!
HORACE With silence favor me.
(Favete Linguis)
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HORACE I will not add another word.
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HORACE Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
[Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.]
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