“I have been afraid that the life of ease which the Briton’s have been leading might make cowards of them. . . . Indeed, when it is obvious that men are no longer using their weapons, but are instead playing at dice, burning up their strength with women . . . then without any doubt their bravery, honour, courage and good name all become tainted with cowardice.” (Similarly, during peace drinking and gambling had long served as moral equivalents of war.) - Arthur, Duke of Cornwall.
