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Petri

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Petri’s Quotes

“A bad peace is worse than war.”
― Tacitus

tags: peace, tacitus, war

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“Empires arise from chaos and empires collapse back into chaos. This we have known since time began.”
― Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: deception, life, war

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“Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.”
― Tacitus

tags: beautiful

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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