War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.

One must realize that war is common, and justice strife, and that all things come to be through strife and are (so) ordained.

The kosmos works by harmony of tensions, like lyre and bow. Good and evil are one. On the one hand God sees all as well, fair, and good; on the other hand a human being sees injustice here, justice there. Justice in our minds is strife. We cannot help but see war makes us as we are.

One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.

We have to be faster in calming down a resentment than putting out a fire, because the consequences of the first are infinitely more dangerous than the results of the last; fire ends burning down some houses at the most, while the resentment can cause cruel wars, with the ruin and total destruction of nations...