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This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle peace in freedom's hallowed shade. - John Quincy Adams, written in an album Peace be with you. [Vulgate Lat., Pax vobiscum.] - Bible, Genesis (ch. XLIII, v. 23) And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. - Bible, Isaiah (ch. II, v. 4) The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. - Bible, Isaiah (ch. XI, v. 6) And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. - Bible, Luke (ch. II, v. 13-14) And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. [Vulgate Lat., Pax huic domui.] - Bible, Luke (ch. X, v. 5) Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. - Bible, Matthew (ch. V, v. 9) And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. - Bible, Philippians (ch. IV, v. 7) Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. III, v. 17) For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now ask, Peace be with thee. - Bible, Psalms (ch. CXXII, v. 8) Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. - Bible, Psalms (ch. LXXXV, v. 10) The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace. - William Cullen Bryant, Mutation (l. 4) The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. - Samuel Butler (1), Hudibras (pt. I, canto, l. 359) Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place! - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Childe Harold (canto IV, l. 177) Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease, He makes a solitude and calls it--peace! - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), The Bride of Abydos (canto II, st. 20) There are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul--to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God. - Edwin Hubbell Chapin I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. [Lat., Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero.] - adapted from Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), see Cicero "Epistola ad Atticum", 7, 14 War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), De Officiis (I, 22) For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. [Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior videbatur.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), Philippicoe (2, 15, 37) Nor is heaven always at peace. [Lat., Nec sidera pacem Semper habent.] - Claudian (Claudianus), De Bello Getico (LXII) A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.] - Claudian (Claudianus), De Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augustsi Panegyris (307) The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must." - Henry Clay, Speech--On the New Army Bill Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind. - Wilkie (William) Collins, Eclogue II--Hassan (l. 68) O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade; Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. - William Cowper, Task (bk. II, l. 1) Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace. - quoted by Oliver Cromwell, in Parliament, Sep. 4, 1654, as "a maxim not to be despised" Displaying page 1 of 5 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5
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