PEACE NOT PERMANENT
Great cities seldom rest; if there be none T' invade from far, they'll find worse foes at home.
Robert Herrick
Great cities seldom rest; if there be none T' invade from far, they'll find worse foes at home.
Robert Herrick’s couplet captures a cynical truth about power and restlessness. Great cities, he says, are almost never at peace. If there’s no distant threat demanding a fight, they turn inward and discover foes among themselves—enemies far more dangerous than any invader could be.
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