Aphorism #165 Wage War Honourably.

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Aphorism #165 Wage War Honourably.

You may be obliged to wage war, but not touse poisoned arrows. Every one must needs act as he is, not as others would make him to be. Gallantry in the battle of life wins all men's praise: one should fight so as to conquer, not alone by force but by the way it is used. A mean victory brings no glory, but rather disgrace. Honour always has the upper hand. An honourable man never uses forbidden weapons, such as using a friendship that's ended for the purposes of a hatred just begun: a confidence must never be used for a vengeance. The slightest taint of treason tarnishes the good name. In men of honour the smallest trace of meanness repels: the noble and the ignoble should be miles apart. Be able to boast that if gallantry, generosity, and fidelity were lost in the world men would be able to find them again in your own breast. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=5lAuC7jrYUc:lgbIwZRcASM:yIl2A UoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=qj6IDK7rITs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=5lAuC7jrYUc:lgbIwZRcASM:qj6ID K7rITs)
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Here Balthasar is a little careless in the use of glory. But he's not asking you to seek glory, which we know from many other writings that he considers it and aspect of divinity. He's saying that honor will be longer lasting than anything else you can have, and if the world could lose it, it would only be momentarily before it will come back fresh. Honor who you are. Don't use forbidden weapons such as vengeance in a stupid, unwise game of malice.