"Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace."
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"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
-Herodotus
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"Men trust their ears less than their eyes."
-Herodotus
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"But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods."
-Herodotus
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"When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers."
-Herodotus
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"The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing."
-Herodotus
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"Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God."
-Abraham Joshua Heschel
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"I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me."
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"The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned."
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"We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level."
-Karen Armstrong
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