• Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

  Francesco Petrarca
  Italian poet and writer 1304-1374
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1. infallibly
2. perpetual
3. avarice
4. should
5. pride
6. these

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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. by : Francesco Petrarca

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