单词 | if you want peace, prepare for war |
释义 | > as lemmasif you want peace, prepare for war P7. Proverb. if you want peace, prepare for war and variants [after post-classical Latin qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum (Vegetius De Rei Militari 3 prol.; compare Parabellum n.)] . ΚΠ a1547 E. Hall Chron.: Edw. IV (1548) 209 He forgot the olde adage, sayinge, in tyme of peace provyde for warre. 1675 in A. Grey Debates House of Commons (1763) III. 414 'Tis a rule in time of peace, to prepare for war. 1787 tr. J. P. C. de Florian Adventures of Numa Pompilius II. 224 In the first place, thou hast need of peace: prepare then for war. 1850 Littell's Living Age 14 Dec. 526/2 It proves rather that if you want peace you must prepare for war, than any sublimer maxim. 1885 C. Lowe Prince Bismarck II. x. 99 Lord Beaconsfield had acted on the maxim that ‘if you want peace, you must prepare for war’. 1934 H. C. Bailey Shadow on Wall xvii. 175 If you want peace, prepare for war. Very appropriate. I do. I am. 1990 Washington Times 28 Aug. g2/1 As always, the success of diplomacy rests on the latent availability of force. If you seek peace, prepare for war. < as lemmas |
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