Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ There can be no Safe, or Sure Peace, where People are not always in readiness for War; for the Common Well-being of Mankind, does not so much Depend upon the Faith of Men, and of Governments, as upon the Temporary and Contingent Occasions of breaking the Peace with Advantage. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ Do you talk of a State of War? says the Porcupine, Why That's my Present Case, and the very Reason of my Standing to my Arms, so long as a Wolfes in the Company. The Moral of the Two Fables above. No Man, or State can be Safe in Peace that is not always in readiness to Encounter an Enemy in case of a War. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ So that 'tis Good Discretion, and Good Advice, to provide against Danger before-hand; for he that's always Ready can never be taken with a Why-not. 'Tis a piece of Good Councel, in All the Affairs of Humane Life, to take care of Securing our Selves that we be not either Betray’d, or Surprizd: Butas it is Wisdom to keep our Selves upon a Guard ”
