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“Among the ancients, a successful war increased both private and public wealth in slaves, tributes, and lands shared out. For the moderns, even a successful war costs infallibly more than it is worth.”


Benjamin Constant The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with That of the Moderns, 1819

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