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Peace gives food to the husbandman, even in the midst of rocks; war brings misery to him, even in the most fertile plains.

εἰρήνη γεωργὸν κἀν πέτραις
τρέφει καλῶς, πόλεμος δὲ κἀν πεδίῳ κακῶς.

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