Why, you see, there is a difference in the names `discord' and `war,' and I imagine that there is also a difference in their natures; the one is expressive of what is internal and domestic, the other of what is external and foreign; and the first of the two is termed discord, and only the second, war.
And therefore when Hellenes fight with barbarians and barbarians with Hellenes, they will be described by us as being at war when they fight, and by nature enemies, and this kind of antagonism should be called war; but when Hellenes fight with one another we shall say that Hellas is then in a state of disorder and discord, they being by nature friends and such enmity is to be called discord.
Consider then, I said, when that which we have acknowledged to be discord occurs, and a city is divided, if both parties destroy the lands and burn the houses of one another, how wicked does the strife appear!
And any difference which arises among them will be regarded by them as discord only--a quarrel among friends, which is not to be called a war?
No echoes of that
discord shall be heard Where Father Tagus rolls, or on the banks Of olive-bordered Betis; to the rocks Or in deep caverns shall my plaint be told, And by a lifeless tongue in living words; Or in dark valleys or on lonely shores, Where neither foot of man nor sunbeam falls; Or in among the poison-breathing swarms Of monsters nourished by the sluggish Nile.
Now, with respect to this alliance, the legislator ought both to consider the parties and their time of life, that they may grow old at the same part of time, and that their bodily powers may not be different; that is to say, the man being able to have children, but the woman too old to bear them; or, on the contrary, the woman be young enough to produce children, but the man too old to be a father; for from such a situation
discords and disputes continually arise.
A total of 25 guns that includes 10 semiautomatic pistols and 15 rifles together with 10,000 rounds of ammunition were seized from a teenager who posted disturbing memes on iFunny and
Discord.
Baghdad, (NINA) - Diyala MP Karim Al-Jabouri warned Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi of potential
discord and strife that would drag Iraq back to square one.
But in any case, our primary task is to sow the seeds of hatred and
discord."
Had it not been for the prompt mobilization of some loyalists who are concerned about the unity of the Lebanese, the flames of
discord would have been triggered in the mountain because of a measure that has not been well-studied," the bloc said in a statement issued in the wake of the meeting.
Summary: New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): A head constable shot himself dead with his service revolver in the VIP parking lot of the Delhi Secretariat on Friday morning, allegedly owing to domestic
discord.
Internet "trolls" and Twitter bots are not only confined to sowing election
discord. A new study finds that the techniques are intensifying the vaccine debate as well.
IANS New Delhi RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that Ram Mandir should be built"at the earliest"in Ayodhya which would remove a major cause of
discord of between Hindus and Muslims.
KABUL: Militants cannot sow disunity or fan sectarian
discord among Afghans, President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday, following twin attacks that left more than 25 dead and scores wounded in a Shiite area of Kabul.
