Dante Alighieri — "Think not that I am come to bring peace on earth: I came not to bring peace, but…"
Think not that I am come to bring peace on earth: I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
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Attributed, a misattribution or misremembering of Matthew 10:34, not Dante's own words.
Date: c. 1308-1321
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