Anna Komnene (Princess of Constantinople, c. 1083-1153)
“It is the mark of a bad general, when all is peaceful, to incite his neighbors to war intentionally–for peace is the objective of all wars.”
- From The Alexiad (Book XII, section 5) by Anna Komnene, translated by E.R.A. Sewter, (Penguin Classics, 2009).
