O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression read more

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice

Peace be with you.
[Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.]

Peace be with you.
[Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.]

A severe war lurks under the show of peace.
[Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]

A severe war lurks under the show of peace.
[Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]

No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among
themselves.
Ojibway Tribe.

No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among
themselves.
Ojibway Tribe.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
read more

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
[Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior
videbatur.]

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.