Total War Quotes - Page 5

• It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

  Horace

  Country, Sweet, Patriotic

  Horace (1908). “Horace: Quintus Horatius Flaccus ... the Roman Poet Presented to Modern Readers”

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• The god of war hates those who hesitate.

  George S. Patton

  Hate, Military, War

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• Learn to obey before you command.

  Solon

  Education, Military, Learning

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• Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.

  Homer

  Love, War, Tired

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• Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

  Publilius Syrus

  Pardon, Leniency, Offence

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 750,

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• To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Achievement, Lap, Resources

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• I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.

  Aurangzeb

  Punishment, Knows

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• Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy

  Benjamin Franklin

  Beer, Want, Proof

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• Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles.

  Plutarch

  Rain, Fall, Battle

  Plutarch, John Dryden (1859). “Plutarch's Lives”, p.71

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• We do not know what is on the other side of the storm.

  Brian Francis

  Art Of War, Fishing, Storm

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• Ares (The God of War) hates those who hesitate.

  Euripides

  Hate, War, God Of War

  "Heracleidae". Play by Euripides, 430 BCE.

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• In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Character, Balance

  'Correspondance de Napolèon Ier' vol. 17 (1865) no.14276 'Observations sur les affaires d'Espagne, Saint- Cloud, 27 août 1808'

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• The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, Would Be, Submission

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• In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Men, Two

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• To live with glory, or with glory die,
  This is the brave man's part.

  Sophocles

  Men, Brave, Glory

  "Tragedies".

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• There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.

  Benjamin Franklin

  War, Good War

  Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (1856). “The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author”, p.228

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• Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!

  Aristophanes

  Aristophanes (2013). “The Eleven Comedies - Complete”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

  Frederick The Great

  Military, Add, Ugly

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• Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Battle, Infantry

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• War is the greatest plague that can afflict mankind... Any scourge is preferable to it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Military, War, Mankind

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• I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

  Duke of Wellington

  Life, Saws, Hats

  On seeing the first Reformed Parliament, in Sir William Fraser 'Words on Wellington' (1889) p. 12

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• God is on the side of the big battalions.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Sides, Bigs

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4161, e-artnow

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• Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

  George Washington

  Freedom, War, Fire

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• We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

  P. D. James

  Sarcastic, Funny Friendship, War

  P.D. James (2012). “Shroud for a Nightingale”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

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• In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do.

  Marquis de Sade

  War, Age, Policy

  Marquis de Sade, David Coward (1999). “The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales”, p.1, Oxford Paperbacks

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