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“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist”
― René Magritte

La Magie Noire https://t.co/i8L8qEDKCS

“No man is so foolish as to desire war more than peace: for in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons.”

— Herodotus

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The Battle of Salamis, W. Kaulbach

The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (ca. 1497–98), ride forth as a group, with an angel heralding them, to bring Death, Famine, War, and Conquest unto man.

Death on the Pale Horse, Benjamin West, 1817

Dead Sentry ("Der Krieg" 2/VIII), Otto Dix, etching, 1924

Detail of The Parnassus (painted 1509–1510) by Raphael, depicting Homer atop Mount Parnassus, with Dante Alighieri on his right and Virgil on his left

"If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
…
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart."

— Laozi

"If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
…

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
For what every man wishes,
that he also believes to be true.”

― Demosthenes

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Eugène Delacroix, Demosthenes on the Seashore   

Valentine's Day, celebrated annually on February 14, originated as a Christian feast day honoring 2 early Christian martyrs named St. Valentine and, through later folk traditions, has become a cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.