Samuel Butler: Bloody wars at first began, The artificial plague of man, That from his own invention rise, To scourge his own iniquitie

Bloody wars at first began, The artificial plague of man, That from his own inve — Samuel Butler

Bloody wars at first began, The artificial plague of man, That from his own invention rise, To scourge his own iniquities.

Samuel Butler

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Wars and rumours of wars. — Matthew
Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army kn — Napoleon
I war not with the dead. — Homer
Property, the whole thing's about property. — Terrence Malick First Sergeant Welsh
Le superflu, chose très nécessaire. — Voltaire
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Every hero becomes a bore at last. — Ralph Waldo Emerson