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Quotations by Subject: War (33 quotes)

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The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
To me there is something thrilling and exalting in the thought that we are drifting forward into a splendid mystery-into something that no mortal eye hath yet seen, and no intelligence has yet declared.: Edward Chapin
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.: Terry Pratchett, Discworld
Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Dog and the Shadow
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
[The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects

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