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He is active in the chase, lively portraiture of warfare.

— Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Es tan ágil en la caza,
Viva imágen de la guerra.

Original text (Spanish)

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Notes from Wikiquote

Sir Walter Scott speaks of the chase as being "a noble mimicry of war."

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