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The thing armies are built to win and never quite manage to keep.
means A state of calm, freedom from conflict or war, or quiet harmony within oneself or between people.
from From Latin pax (peace), which came into English through Old French pais after the Norman Conquest, gradually nudging aside the older native word frith. The same Latin root gives us 'pacify,' 'pact,' and 'appease' — all turning on the idea of a settled agreement that stills the fighting.
- Nobel quirk
- Its prize is the only Nobel awarded in Norway, not Sweden
- Symbol origin
- The peace sign encodes semaphore for nuclear disarmament
- Rare commodity
- Humans have known total peace for under 300 recorded years
- Brain chemistry
- Calm states slow your heart and flood you with alpha waves
treaty of westphalia — 1648 agreement ending the thirty years' war, established modern state system
camp david accords — 1978 peace treaty between egypt and israel, brokered by jimmy carter
good friday agreement — 1998 accord ending conflict in northern ireland between unionists and nationalists