04-03-2018, 10:59 PM
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Too old to care
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: On the sofa, watching TV or doing my jigsaws.
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The original Latin of the expression "if you want peace, prepare for war" comes from Epitoma Rei Militaris, by the Roman general Vegetius (whose full name was Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus). The Latin is: "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."
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