War Quotes

Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.

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"War teaches harsh lessons, but peace teaches us how to truly live."
Pindar
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"War reveals the worst in us, but peace reveals what we could truly become."
Pindar
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"War arises from ignorance and fear."
Anaxagoras
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"War is the failure of wisdom."
Anaxagoras
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"War teaches bitter lessons that peace cannot afford to forget."
Pindar
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"War is the failure of all other languages to communicate"
Sappho
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"War arises from ignorance; peace springs from understanding our common nature."
Anaximenes
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"War can only be ended when we recognize the fundamental unity beneath our differences."
Anaximenes
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"In the clash of armies, it is often discipline rather than numbers that determines the victor."
Herodotus
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"The greatest battles are often those fought in the minds of men, not on fields of blood."
Herodotus
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"In conflict and war, wisdom should guide the sword."
Xenophanes
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"War brings temporary glory but lasting sorrow to all who taste it."
Pindar
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"War is the failure of understanding."
Anaximander
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
Aristophanes
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"War brings out the worst and sometimes the best in humanity."
Aristophanes
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"War is sweet to those who know it not."
Euripides
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"Oh, what fine thought we often cache when doing battle with the enemy!"
Euripides
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"War is the result of those in power failing to practice virtue."
Xenophanes
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"War is what men fear most."
Sophocles
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"The greatest cause of conflict among men is not the struggle for resources but for honor and respect."
Aristophanes
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"Youth is the first victim of war."
Euripides
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"War arises when leaders forget that all humans breathe the same substance."
Anaximenes
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"War is the teacher of fools"
Empedocles
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"In war, the first casualty is truth"
Sophocles
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"War arises when strife overwhelms love in the hearts of communities."
Empedocles
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"All wars are won or lost in the hearts of men."
Aristophanes
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Frankie Boyle
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"War teaches us lessons that peace could never teach."
Euripides
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"War is the failure of all other forms of communication."
Euripides
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"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."
Frankie Boyle