"Qui desiderat pacem, præparet bellum."
— War and peace
January 1, 1970
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He who desires peace will prepare for war. — Vegetius, in Epitoma Rei Militaris Book III, End of Prologue; in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 588-91, this is suggested as perhaps the origin of the proverb Si vis pacem, para bellum. [In time of peace prepare for war.] A similar thought also in Dion Chrysostom. Livy. VI. 18. 7. Cornelius Nepos—Epaminondas. V. Statius—Thebais. VII. 554. Syrus—Maxims. 465.
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He who desires peace will prepare for war. — Vegetius, in Epitoma Rei Militaris Book III, End of Prologue; in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 588-91, this is suggested as perhaps the origin of the proverb Si vis pacem, para bellum. [In time of peace prepare for war.] A similar thought also in Dion Chrysostom. Livy. VI. 18. 7. Cornelius Nepos—Epaminondas. V. Statius—Thebais. VII. 554. Syrus—Maxims. 465.