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Devan879
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 Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:37 am |
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I've heard this quote/saying, can anyone tell me where/who it is attributted to/from ???
"Pray for peace, prepare for war"
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:07 pm |
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It is traced back to Publilius Syrus, Sententiae, no. 513, (c. 43 BC): We should provide in peace what we need in war (from the Latin.)
First attested to in the U.S. in Colonial Records of South Carolina (1755)
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