“Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.”
Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786) king of Prussia
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“He would not journey without a foot.
He would not breed nuts without trees,
Like seeking for ants in the heath.
Like an instrument of foolish spoil,
Like the retinue of an army without a head,
Like feeding the unsheltered on lichen.”
— Taliesin
Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Fold of the Bards
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