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Herodotus quotes about war

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He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?' The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave. Herodotus
Herodotus quote: "In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order..."
In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. Herodotus
Herodotus quote: "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their..."
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus
Herodotus quote: "No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace, in which,..."
No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace, in which, instead of sons burying their fathers, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus
Herodotus quote: "Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war..."
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. Herodotus

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