The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our... | Washington Irving Quotes

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal – every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open – this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.

Washington Irving

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Birth:	3rd April, 1783
Death:	28th November, 1859
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Biographer, Diplomat, Editor, Essayist

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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

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