"The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums."

Koestler, Arthur on war   

"How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print."

Kraus, Karl on war
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"War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost."

Kraus, Karl on war   

"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."

Machiavelli, Niccolo on war
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"Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself."

Meehan, Francis on war
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"Wars are made to make debt."

Pound, Ezra on war
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"The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people."

Pound, Ezra on war
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"Suppose they gave a war, and no one came?"

Parrish-Bach, Leslie on war   

"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."

Orwell, George on war
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"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."

Narosky, Jose on war
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"The French complain of everything, and always."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on nations
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"Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on medicine   

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"A leader is a dealer in hope."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on leadership
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"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on jesus christ
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"I made all my generals out of mud."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on generals   

"The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on the future
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"A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on freedom
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"There are only two forces that unite men -- fear and interest."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on fear
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"I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love."

Beecher, Henry Ward on love
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"Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable."

Beecher, Henry Ward on love
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"There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy."

Anouilh, Jean on love
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"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on newspapers   

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"Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on oppression   

"Secrets travel fast in Paris."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on secrets   

"I base my calculations on the expectation that luck will be against me"

Bonaparte, Napoleon on luck
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"Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on decisions
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"An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on
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"There are no bad regiments; there are only bad colonels."

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"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on death   

"It requires more courage to suffer than to die."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on courage
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"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on control
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"She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman."

Wilde, Oscar on desperation
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"Ability is of little account without opportunity."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on ability
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"When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on battles
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"One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim."

Adams, Henry Brooks on friends and friendship
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"When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even out virtues."

Balzac, Honore De on women
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"Impenetrable in their dissimulation, cruel in their vengeance, tenacious in their purposes, unscrupulous as to their methods, animated by profound and hidden hatred for the tyranny of man -- it is as though there exists among them an ever-present conspiracy toward domination, a sort of alliance like that subsisting among the priests of every country."

Diderot, Denis on women   

"Women are most fascinating between the ages of thirty-five and forty, after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass forty, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely."

Dior, Christian on women   

"The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is What does a woman want?"

Freud, Sigmund on women
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"Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true."

Hoffer, Eric on power