War Quotes

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

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"War teaches us what we are made of, whether we wish to know or not."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
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"War reveals the worst and sometimes the best of humanity."
Giosue Carducci
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"War is the failure of all diplomacy."
Ugo Foscolo
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"War is a failure of humanity."
Ugo Foscolo
"War is the realm of uncertainty."
Francesco Petrarca
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"War destroys what peace builds."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"War teaches us the value of peace."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
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"The war within oneself is often fiercer than any external battle."
Giovanni Verga
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"The greatest wars are often fought within the human heart."
Giosue Carducci
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"War reveals both the worst and best in human nature."
Giosue Carducci
"War brings only suffering and ruin to those who wage it."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"War is the failure of all other forms of human discourse."
Giovanni Boccaccio
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"War is the failure of human wisdom and compassion."
Ugo Foscolo
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"War destroys in moments what peace builds in centuries."
Ugo Foscolo
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"War teaches us the terrible cost of not choosing peace."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
Petrarch
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"War leaves scars on the soul."
Petrarch
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"War leaves scars that time alone cannot heal."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"War is what happens when dialogue becomes exhausted and pride takes the helm."
Luigi Pirandello
"War is a failure of diplomacy and wisdom."
Francesco Petrarca
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"Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please."
Niccolò Machiavelli
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"War is the failure of politics."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"War is God's way of teaching geography."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"War teaches men to hate; only wisdom teaches them to love."
Ugo Foscolo
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"War is a failure of human wisdom and moral courage."
Alessandro Manzoni
"War brings suffering; peace brings prosperity"
Torquato Tasso
"War is the failure of wisdom"
Torquato Tasso
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"A guerra é a morte da civilização."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"A guerra deixa cicatrizes eternas."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"War teaches what peace refuses to reveal."
Ludovico Ariosto