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“arma non servant modum; nec temperari facile nec reprimi potest stricti ensis ira; bella delectat cruor.”

— Seneca the Younger

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Wikiquote: Seneca the Younger
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Context

Arms observe no bounds; nor can the wrath of the sword, once drawn, be easily checked or stayed; war delights in blood.

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Younger, Seneca the. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Seneca the Younger. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger

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