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WT Sharpe · 09-11-2010, 07:41 AM

.....And it is you who would run the greatest risk of all, since you have gold and rich resources, which are the prime causes of war.
..........— Cornelius Tacitus (c. 55-117 C.E.), Roman historian. Histories (c. 115-116) Translated by William Hamilton Fyfe (1878-1965), Book I. (Quoted in The Great Thoughts by George Seldes (1985, Introduction and a new compilation © 1996 by David Laskin) as "Gold and riches, the chief causes of war.")

09-11-2010, 07:41 AM	#655
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....And it is you who would run the greatest risk of all, since you have gold and rich resources, which are the prime causes of war. ..........— Cornelius Tacitus (c. 55-117 C.E.), Roman historian. *Histories* (c. 115-116) Translated by William Hamilton Fyfe (1878-1965), Book I. (Quoted in *The Great Thoughts* by George Seldes (1985, Introduction and a new compilation © 1996 by David Laskin) as "Gold and riches, the chief causes of war.") Last edited by WT Sharpe; 09-11-2010 at 07:43 AM.