“Tangled grasses lie matted with death,but generals keep at it. And for what?Isn't it clear that weapons are the tools of misery?The great sages never waited until the needfor such things arose.”
Li Bai
Chinese selected poems / آلاچیقی کنار دریا: شعر چینی - دوره تانگ
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