Medieval War Quotes - Page 3

• Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, War, Sorrow

  William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.73

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• One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Risk, Should

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• The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Peace, Military, War

  "Adagia". Book by Desiderius Erasmus, 1500.

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• The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Eye, Ears, Woods

  Geoffrey Chaucer (1990). “Canterbury Tales”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Put an end to so great an evil and arrive at a peace settlement whatever the outcome, and whatever the conditions.

  William of Tyre

  War, Evil, Outcomes

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• He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.

  Louis XI of France

  War, Hypocrisy, Reign

  "Hist. de France", Volume II, (p. 30) in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 682-686), 1922.

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• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Birthday, Men

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

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• The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, People, Affection

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, 1513.

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• A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Home, Numbers

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 1, sc. 1, l. [8]

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• To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Victory, Troops

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• The strength of God will enable us, a small but faithful band, to overcome the multitude of the faithless.

  Robert Guiscard

  War, Faithful, Overcoming

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• And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday; and that Lord died as a consequence, may God absolve him! And you should know that there was at least an acre of land behind the Templars, which was so covered with arrows fired by the Saracens, that none of the ground could be seen.

  Jean de Joinville

  Brother, War, Eye

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• Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Memorial Day, Wall

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.

  Alfonso X of Castile

  Crazy, Mad, Hints

  Said after studying the Ptolemaic system (attributed)

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• If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the shame and reproach will be very great.

  Gerard de Ridefort

  War, Retreat, Shame

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• Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Three, World

  'King John' (1591-8) act 5, sc. 7, l. 112

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• God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Christian, Kings, War

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• Every man should arm himself as quickly as he could, and come to the King.

  Charles William Chadwick Oman

  Kings, War, Men

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• Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Gun, Evil

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.66, Xist Publishing

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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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• Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Names, Arms, Joyful

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• The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Taken, Promise

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• Set out on pilgrimage and triumph gloriously over the infidels in the East.

  Orderic Vitalis

  War, Triumph, East

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• Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Kings, War

  Michel de Montaigne (1872). “All the Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne”, p.730

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• For whoever conquers a free Town, and does not demolish it, commits a great Error, and may expect to be ruin 'd himself.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Errors, Uprising

  "History Of Florence And The Affairs Of Italy".

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