Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.
Niccolo Machiavelli
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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