Quotation
“Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”
Francesco Petrarch
The idea behind the quotation
Peace becomes possible when people overcome inner forces such as greed, ambition, envy, anger, and pride.
Vocabulary in context
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