War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War is the sad recourse of nations to settle disputes through blood."Victor Hugo
"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not part of the herd."Victor Hugo
"War is the failure of human wisdom."William Wordsworth
"War teaches us to value peace."Lord Byron
"War scars the earth, but peace heals the soul."Lord Byron
"War is the art of destroying the very thing one claims to protect."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"War is the failure of all other forms of discourse."John Milton
"War is the extremity of human folly and passion."Lord Byron
"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of pride."Dante Alighieri
"War leaves scars upon the landscape and the soul."Dante Alighieri
"Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war."William Shakespeare
"War is the science of destruction."John Milton
"Violence breeds violence."Ovid
"Arms and the man I sing, who first made ways by war's hard arbitrament."Virgil
"War is the instrument of politics by other means."Virgil
"War leaves wounds that time alone cannot heal."Dante Alighieri
"War is the failure of human compassion."Dante Alighieri
"War reveals both the worst and sometimes the best in human character."Geoffrey Chaucer
"War is the failure of wisdom and the triumph of folly."Geoffrey Chaucer
"Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war."William Shakespeare
"War is the worst teacher of mankind, yet brings forth heroes."John Milton
"The wounds of war do not heal quickly."Virgil
"War is a failure of imagination."Homer
"In war, victory often belongs to the one who understands himself best"Dante Alighieri
"War is hell."Pickering Edward
"War teaches lessons that peace can never adequately explain."Geoffrey Chaucer
"War breeds sorrow; peace breeds prosperity."Ovid
"War is the failure of imagination and diplomacy."Ovid
"War is a failure of leadership."Virgil
"War brings out both the best and worst in man."Geoffrey Chaucer