As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.
—John Donne, 1622
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A dead enemy always smells good.
—Aulus Vitellius, 69War is the child of pride, and pride the daughter of riches.
—Jonathan Swift, 1697War to the castles; peace to the cottages.
—Nicolas Chamfort, 1790