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RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

— Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward.

An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.

What I Saw At Shiloh (1881)

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

O proud philanthropist, your hope is vain
To get by giving what you lost by gain.

When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.

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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

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To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

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