War Quotes

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

10745 quotes

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"War teaches us that peace is our rarest luxury."
Francisco de Quevedo
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"War is the confession that we have failed in all other languages."
Francisco de Quevedo
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"War is the failure of imagination and the bankruptcy of wisdom."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"War teaches us the terrible price of our divisions."
Antonio Machado
"War is the failure of all languages."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"War destroys what peace builds."
Salvatore Quasimodo
"War reveals the worst in humanity; peace reveals the best in the individual."
Luis de Góngora
"War teaches mankind lessons that peace cannot, but at too high a cost."
Luis de Góngora
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"In war, we lose not just lives but our humanity."
Ungaretti
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"The greatest battles are fought not with swords, but with conviction."
Francisco de Quevedo
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"War reveals the fragility of all our civilized pretensions."
Eugenio Montale
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"War is the failure of civilization."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"War leaves scars that generations carry."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"A war between brothers is the cruelest of wars."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"La guerra es el fracaso de la diplomacia y la razón."
Garcilaso de la Vega
"War teaches us the value of peace through its terrible lessons."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"War teaches us what peace truly means."
Ungaretti
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"War is the ultimate failure of human communication."
Ungaretti
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"War teaches us that peace is not the absence of conflict, but its transcendence."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"War reveals the fragility of civilization."
Eugenio Montale
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"War is the failure of imagination."
Miguel de Unamuno
"War is the greatest failure of human communication."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"War reveals the worst in humanity and the best in the brave."
Francisco de Quevedo
"War teaches what peace cannot: the value of peace."
Luis de Góngora
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"War is the failure of diplomacy"
Federigo Tozzi
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"War leaves scars that generations carry"
Federigo Tozzi
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"In war, even victory tastes of ashes and regret"
Ungaretti
"Every war begins in the hearts of men before it reaches the battlefield."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"War is the failure of imagination made manifest in blood."
Eugenio Montale