No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace in which instead of sons burying their fathers fathers bury their sons.
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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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In peace children inter their parents war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
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