Total War Quotes - Page 7

• When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Passion, Men, Moderation

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Quentin P. Taylor, John Jay (1998). “The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers”, p.168, Rowman & Littlefield

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

  Frederick The Great

  Military, Add, Ugly

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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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• 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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• 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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• Know the enemy and know yourself.

  Sun Tzu

  Fear, Military, War

  The Art of War ch. 3 (translation by Yuan Shibang)

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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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• 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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• The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

  Thomas Paine

  War, Violence, Foxes

  Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.76, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

  William Cowper

  War, Skills, Doing Nothing

  'Table Talk' (1782) l. 192

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• War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

  William Cowper

  Wise, Kings, War

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 5 'The Winter Morning Walk' l. 187

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• No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

  Winston Churchill

  Success, War, Congratulations

  Letter to Lord Wavell, 26 Nov. 1940, in Second World War (1949) vol. 2, ch. 27

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• Strange, that I came into the world with nothing, and now I am going away with this stupendous caravan of sin! Wherever I look, I see only God... I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.

  Aurangzeb

  War, Punishment, Going Away

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• I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies.

  Charles XII of Sweden

  War, Historical, Enemy

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• I am about to - or I am going to - die; either expression is correct.

  Dominique Bouhours

  Funny, War, Humor

  "Mother Tongue". Book by Bill Bryson, July 1990.

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• What, do they run already? Then I die happy.

  James Wolfe

  Running, War, Dies

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• One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Country, Military, War

  "Encyclopedia of Russian History" by James R. Millar, Soviet Union, (p. 1504), 2004.

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• Win with ability, not with numbers.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, War, Winning

  "Military Pedagogy - A Soviet View". Book by A.M. Danchenko and I.F. Vydrin, 1973.

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• When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, War, Cutting

  "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 124, 2005.

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• Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.

  Herodotus

  Heart, Evil, Suffering

  Herodotus, George Rawlinson (1996). “Histories”, p.533, Wordsworth Editions

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• Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

  Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

  Peace, Military, War

  Epitoma Rei Militaris bk. 3, prologue See Aristotle 4

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• Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

  Immanuel Kant

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Peace, War, Community

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