• Bartsbigbugbag
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    8 months ago

    This is my favorite translation of this passage, but I like this Yoda one too, thanks for sharing with us.

    31 Weapons are the tools of violence, all decent men detest them.

    Weapons are the tools of fear, a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity, and if compelled will use them only with the utmost restraint.

    Peace is his highest value. If the peace has been shattered, how can he be content.

    His enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. He doesn’t wish them personal harm, nor does he rejoice in victory.

    How could he rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men.

    He enters a battle gravely, with sorrow and with great compassion, as if he were attending a funeral.