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Make peace   /meɪk pis/   Listen
Make peace

verb
1.
End hostilities.






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"Make peace" Quotes from Famous Books



... none else; there is no God beside me. I girded thee, though thou hast not known me. That they may know, from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me; I am the Lord and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do ...
— Mornings in Florence • John Ruskin

... which are in dispute; he must not deceive you by offering a defence upon points which are not disputed. Take care, then, that you say nothing about the war; for no one charges you with any responsibility for that. {93} Later on we were urged by certain persons to make peace. We consented; we sent ambassadors; and the ambassadors brought commissioners to Athens who were to conclude the Peace. Once more, does any one blame Aeschines for this? Does any one allege that Aeschines introduced ...
— The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 • Demosthenes

... way is to foment the quarrel among Frenchmen? You are a fool, Guy. Make peace with Burgundy and in a month there will be no ...
— The Path of the King • John Buchan

... general and statesman of the fourth century before Christ who advised the Athenians to make peace with Philip of Macedon. He was put to death on a ...
— Essays • Ralph Waldo Emerson

... pier and I stepped ashore, it was as captain of Addicks' corporation and stock-market forces, with absolute power to wage war, make peace, and use in whatever way I thought best such resources of his as I could lay hands on. I lost no time. Within forty-eight hours of my return to Boston I had mapped out my campaign, reconstructed Addicks' ...
— Frenzied Finance - Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated • Thomas W. Lawson


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