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How can a man who has killed five men in battle fall to pieces because he has added a boy to their number? Okonkwo, you have become a woman indeed.'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a10951/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/10951.v2.jpg" alt="Chinua Achebe"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Chinua Achebe</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="019eaa"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="019eaa" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a10951/019eaa/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=%27When%20did%20you%20become%20a%20shivering%20old%20woman%2C%27%20Okonkwo%20asked%20himself%2C%20%27you%2C%20who%20are%20known%20in%20all%20the%20nine%20villages%20for%20your%20valor%20in%20war%3F%20How%20can%20a%20man%20who%20has%20killed%20five%20men%20in%20battle%20fall%20to%20pieces%20because%20he%20has%20added%20a%20boy%20to%20their%20number%3F%20Okonkwo%2C%20you%20have%20become%20a%20woman%20indeed.%27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa10951%2F019eaa%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/124/">Men</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1195/">Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1438/">Boy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3143/265019/">Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3143/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/3143.v4.jpg" alt="Napoleon Bonaparte"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Napoleon Bonaparte</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="265019"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a3143/265019/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303139/2147897369.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="265019" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3143/265019/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Give%20me%20enough%20medals%20and%20I%E2%80%99ll%20win%20you%20any%20war.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3143%2F265019%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303139/2147897369.v1.jpg&description=Give%20me%20enough%20medals%20and%20I%E2%80%99ll%20win%20you%20any%20war." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/237/">War</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/306/">Win</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3703/">Medals</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2279/14153/">Once you start a war, you have to win.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2279/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/2279.v6.jpg" alt="G. 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It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2705/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/2705.v6.jpg" alt="F. Scott Fitzgerald"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">F. 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It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3929/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/19/3929.v7.jpg" alt="Barbara Kingsolver"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Barbara Kingsolver</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3c95"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a3929/3c95/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303135/3221228693.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3c95" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3929/3c95/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Empathy%20is%20really%20the%20opposite%20of%20spiritual%20meanness.%20It%27s%20the%20capacity%20to%20understand%20that%20every%20war%20is%20both%20won%20and%20lost.%20And%20that%20someone%20else%27s%20pain%20is%20as%20meaningful%20as%20your%20own.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3929%2F3c95%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303135/3221228693.jpg&description=Empathy%20is%20really%20the%20opposite%20of%20spiritual%20meanness.%20It%27s%20the%20capacity%20to%20understand%20that%20every%20war%20is%20both%20won%20and%20lost.%20And%20that%20someone%20else%27s%20pain%20is%20as%20meaningful%20as%20your%20own." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/267/">Lost</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1596/">Pain</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/261/">Spiritual</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3143/16555c/">Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3143/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/3143.v4.jpg" alt="Napoleon Bonaparte"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Napoleon Bonaparte</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16555c"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a3143/16555c/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303163/1074156892.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16555c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3143/16555c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Read%20over%20and%20over%20again%20the%20campaigns%20of%20Alexander%2C%20Hannibal%2C%20Caesar%2C%20Gustavus%2C%20Turenne%2C%20Eugene%20and%20Frederic.%20...%20This%20is%20the%20only%20way%20to%20become%20a%20great%20general%20and%20master%20the%20secrets%20of%20the%20art%20of%20war.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3143%2F16555c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303163/1074156892.jpg&description=Read%20over%20and%20over%20again%20the%20campaigns%20of%20Alexander%2C%20Hannibal%2C%20Caesar%2C%20Gustavus%2C%20Turenne%2C%20Eugene%20and%20Frederic.%20...%20This%20is%20the%20only%20way%20to%20become%20a%20great%20general%20and%20master%20the%20secrets%20of%20the%20art%20of%20war." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/237/">War</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2582/">Secrets</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2653/">Campaigns</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4017/3373f/">What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4017/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/4017.v4.jpg" alt="Zbigniew Brzezinski"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Zbigniew Brzezinski</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3373f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3373f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4017/3373f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=What%20is%20most%20important%20to%20the%20history%20of%20the%20world%3F%20The%20Taliban%20or%20the%20collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20empire%3F%20Some%20stirred-up%20Moslems%20or%20the%20liberation%20of%20Central%20Europe%20and%20the%20end%20of%20the%20Cold%20War%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4017%2F3373f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/150/">Important</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a10791/319ea0/">The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace before the atomic age was announced to the world with the destruction of Hiroshima and before the Russian entry into war. ... The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military standpoint, in the defeat of Japan.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a10791/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/10791.v2.jpg" alt="Chester W. Nimitz"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Chester W. 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You're in a war zone, you're dodging IED's and bullets one day and a couple days later you're back in society again with a bunch of people that have no idea of what you've been through.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a10508/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/10508.v4.jpg" alt="Charlie Daniels"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Charlie Daniels</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11c7ae"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11c7ae" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a10508/11c7ae/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%27s%20quite%20a%20traumatic%20thing%20for%20a%20lot%20of%20our%20veterans%20that%20come%20back...%20You%27re%20in%20a%20war%20zone%2C%20you%27re%20dodging%20IED%27s%20and%20bullets%20one%20day%20and%20a%20couple%20days%20later%20you%27re%20back%20in%20society%20again%20with%20a%20bunch%20of%20people%20that%20have%20no%20idea%20of%20what%20you%27ve%20been%20through.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa10508%2F11c7ae%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/85/">Society</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1537/">Couple</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3143/165693/">The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3143/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/3143.v4.jpg" alt="Napoleon Bonaparte"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Napoleon Bonaparte</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="165693"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a3143/165693/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303133/1074157203.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="165693" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3143/165693/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20object%20of%20war%20is%20victory%2C%20the%20object%20of%20victory%20is%20conquest%2C%20and%20the%20object%20of%20conquest%20is%20occupation.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3143%2F165693%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303133/1074157203.v1.jpg&description=The%20object%20of%20war%20is%20victory%2C%20the%20object%20of%20victory%20is%20conquest%2C%20and%20the%20object%20of%20conquest%20is%20occupation." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/237/">War</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/238/">Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2279/">Occupation</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4468/2635a2/">We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm and the misguided. And those who have an interest in keeping the machinery of war going are a very powerful body; they will stop at nothing to make public opinion subservient to their murderous ends.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4468/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/4468.v5.jpg" alt="Albert Einstein"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Albert Einstein</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2635a2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2635a2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4468/2635a2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20must%20not%20conceal%20from%20ourselves%20that%20no%20improvement%20in%20the%20present%20depressing%20situation%20is%20possible%20without%20a%20severe%20struggle%3B%20for%20the%20handful%20of%20those%20who%20are%20really%20determined%20to%20do%20something%20is%20minute%20in%20comparison%20with%20the%20mass%20of%20the%20lukewarm%20and%20the%20misguided.%20And%20those%20who%20have%20an%20interest%20in%20keeping%20the%20machinery%20of%20war%20going%20are%20a%20very%20powerful%20body%3B%20they%20will%20stop%20at%20nothing%20to%20make%20public%20opinion%20subservient%20to%20their%20murderous%20ends.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4468%2F2635a2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/2/">Struggle</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/31736/">Murderous</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/16541/">Misguided</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1292/37072/">Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1292/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/1292.v9.jpg" alt="J. D. Salinger"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">J. D. 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But we're very light on American history. We don't really have great opportunities to study both the Civil War and the Revolution.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1844/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/1844.v4.jpg" alt="Owain Yeoman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Owain Yeoman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="259f0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="259f0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1844/259f0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20mom%20was%20a%20history%20teacher%2C%20so%20I%20couldn%27t%20really%20avoid%20history%20when%20I%20was%20growing%20up.%20But%20we%27re%20very%20light%20on%20American%20history.%20We%20don%27t%20really%20have%20great%20opportunities%20to%20study%20both%20the%20Civil%20War%20and%20the%20Revolution.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1844%2F259f0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/761/">American</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4468/362c65/">Nothing will end war unless the peoples themselves refuse to go to war.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4468/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/4468.v5.jpg" alt="Albert Einstein"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Albert Einstein</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="362c65"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4468/362c65/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3035/3221630053.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="362c65" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4468/362c65/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Nothing%20will%20end%20war%20unless%20the%20peoples%20themselves%20refuse%20to%20go%20to%20war.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4468%2F362c65%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3035/3221630053.v1.jpg&description=Nothing%20will%20end%20war%20unless%20the%20peoples%20themselves%20refuse%20to%20go%20to%20war." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/123/">End</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/7184/">Refuse</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8887/">Peoples</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a18932/167228/">The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go away, they are only postponed to someone else's advantage. Therefore, they made war with Philip and Antiochus in Greece, in order not to have to fight them in Italy... They never went by that saying which you constantly hear from the wiseacres of our day, that time heals all things. 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