An unjust peace is better than a just war.
Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.
Laws are silent in time of war.
The more laws, the less justice.
For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
After victory, you have more enemies.
The sinews of war are infinite money.
I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.
Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.
Laws are inoperative in war
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Let reason govern desire.
An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]
Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]
War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.
The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]
Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).
A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.
War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
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