Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari=--An unhappy peace may be profitably exchanged for war.
Illa victoria viam ad pacem patefecit=--By that victory he opened the way to peace.
Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant=--They 30 make a solitude, and call it peace.
Pacem hominibus habe, bellum cum vitiis=--Maintain peace with men, war with their vices.
It might even perhaps be inferred that the allegation contra pacem was originally material, and it will be remembered that trespasses formerly involved the liability to pay a fine to the king.
The contra pacemin the writ of trespass was no doubt inserted to lay a foundation for the king's writ; but there seems to be no reason to attribute a similar purpose to vi et armis, or cum vi sua, as it was often put.
Once only, when the Dona nobis pacem pealed forth again, this time for the prince, his eyes met those of the woman he loved.
Yet he found the conflict harder than he expected and as, at the close of the mass, the Dona nobis pacem (grant us peace) began, he joined beseechingly in the prayer.
Bellum para, si pacem velis, was a maxim regarded by many as containing an incontestable truth.
Vel iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello anteferrem" are the words of Cicero.
In magnum scandalum ignominium et contemptum dicti Capitalis Justiciarii et authoritatis suæ in malum et pernitiosum exemplum omnium aliorum in tali casu delinquentium ac contra pacem dicti domini regis nunc coronam et dignitatem suas &c.
Peace I leave with you, my pacem meam do vobis: non peace I give unto you: not as quomodo mundus dat, ego do the world giveth, do I give vobis.
The same idea is found in the Byzantine Gregoras: "Indecorum esse Christianis tanta cum acerbitate inter se armis certare, cum rationes sint conveniendi ad pacem et communes vires in impios vertendi.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pacem" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
