The world in all doth but two nations bear- The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere. - Andrew Marvell - Quotesmemo.com

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The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people.

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Andrew Marvell

The world in all doth but two nations bear- The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.

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