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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.

Samuel Johnson
War, Fall, Guilt
Samuel Johnson (1815). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale”, p.200
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.