"War is sweet to those who have no experience of it, but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach."
— War

January 1, 1970

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Pindar, Fragment 110; page 377. — This phrase is the origin of the Latin proverb "Dulce bellum inexpertis" which is sometimes misattributed to Desiderius Erasmus‎. — Variant translations: