When we seek reconciliation with our enemies, it is commonly out of a desire to better our own condition, a being harassed and tired out with a state of war, and a fear of some ill accident which we are willing to prevent.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld