The commonwealth of Venice in their armory have this inscription: "Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war."

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Original Citation

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1621, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy, edited by Holbrook Jackson. New York Review Books, 2001, pt. 2.