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There is scarcely any peace so unjust, but it is preferable... to the justest war. Sit down, before you draw the sword... and compute the expense of blood as well as treasure which war requires, and the evils which it of necessity brings with it; and then see at the bottom of the account whether, after the greatest success, there is likely to be a balance in your favour.
From The Complaint of Peace by Erasmus
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