War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"The most dangerous enemy is not without, but within."Cosimo de Medici
"The war within is the war that matters most."Girolamo Savonarola
"War teaches us the value of peace better than any philosophy."Edward Wotton
"War reveals both the worst and sometimes the best in human nature."Edward Wotton
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."Cosimo de Medici
"Those who live by the sword shall perish by it, and those who live by greed shall perish by hunger."Girolamo Savonarola
"War teaches us what peace must accomplish if we are ever to evolve beyond ourselves."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"War reveals what peace conceals - the depths of human will and the cost of conflict."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"War teaches what peace could have taught: the value of what we nearly lost."Cosimo de Medici
"War teaches us the value of peace through the demonstration of its cost."Edward Wotton
"War is easy; building peace is the true art."Cosimo de Medici
"War is the failure of reason and dialogue."Giovan Battista della Porta
"War leaves scars that generations must heal."Giovan Battista della Porta
"The war within the soul is far more significant than any war between nations."Girolamo Savonarola
"War is a failure of dialogue; peace is the triumph of understanding."Matteo Ricci
"War leaves scars on the land and the soul; peace is the only true victory."Matteo Ricci
"War originates in misunderstanding; peace grows through shared knowledge."Bernardino Telesio
"War is the greatest teacher of futility and the highest cost of human folly."Paracelsus
"War brings suffering; let us choose peace instead."Juan Luis Vives
"War is a failure of wisdom and diplomacy."Juan Luis Vives
"War teaches us the value of peace."Christine de Pizan
"War leaves scars that generations must heal."Christine de Pizan
"War diminishes when understanding increases between peoples."Giovan Battista della Porta
"War is the failure of wisdom."Gerolamo Cardano
"War is the failure of wisdom; peace is the triumph of understanding."Juan Luis Vives
"War is the failure of diplomacy."Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"War leaves scars that generations must heal."Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"Empire of conquest is a vile empire."Francis Bacon
"The victory of the physical over the intellectual in warfare is irreversible."Francis Bacon
"War claims victory but always demands a price measured in human suffering."Christine de Pizan