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"the first requirement of war: allies must not kill each other."

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Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts. (Ghan-buri-Ghan, of allies during war)

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.

— Aristophanes

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