"Duty is heavier than iron, yet death is lighter than a feather"
-Japanese proverb
"They shall all be guillotined"
-Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary, his last words
"Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one"
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and polymath
"The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility"
-John (Jackie) Arbuthnot Fisher, British admiral
"Great is the guilt of (those who start)an unnecessary war.
-John Adams, 2nd US President
"We're in a war, dammit! We're going to have to offend somebody"
-John Adams
Pahrahpased quote:
The end nustify the means
-John adams
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy"
-John Adams
"War is the trade of kings"
(War is normal thing to enhance in as a king)
-John Dryden, English poet and playwright
"I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest"
-John Keats, British poet
Paraphrased quote:
New idea/ opinion are often rejected and fought against simply because they are not the popular idea/opinion
-John Locke, English philosopher
"Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe"
-John Milton, English poet
"What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance…"
-John Sedgwick, US general, his last words before being killed by a sniper
"Every nation has the government that it deserves"
-Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard lawyer and diplomat
"I die"
-Leonard Euler, Swiss mathematician, his last words
"Gentlemen of France, perhaps you would care to fire first?"
-Lord Hay, British general, 11 May 1745, Battle of Fontenoy
"You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself"
-Lord Horatio Nelson, British admiral
"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy"
-Lord Horatio Nelson
"First feelings are always the most natural"
-Louis XIV, King of France, "The Sun King"
"I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France"
-Louis XVI, King of France, his last words before being guillotined
"Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!"
-Madame Roland, French revolutionary, her last words before being guillotined
"In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do"
-Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat and novelist
"I have seen what I never thought to be possible - a single line of infantry break through three lines of cavalry ranks, in order of battle, and tumble them to ruin"
-Marquis Louis de Contades, French general, 1st August 1759, Battle of Minden
"It has all been most interesting"
-Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu, her last words
"An army marches on its stomach"
-Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor and general
"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"Remember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet."
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"Ability is nothing without opportunity"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever"
-Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor and general
"I have only one regret, that I have only one life to give for my country"
-Nathan Hale, US spy, his last words prior to his execution for treason by the British, 1776
"War ought to be the only study of a prince. He ought to consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes ability to execute military plans"
-Niccolò Machiavelli, Florentine historian and author
"We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends"
-P.D. James, British author
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"
-Patrick Henry, American governor and radical
"It's magnificent, but it's not war"
-Pierre Bosquet, French general, observing the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25th October 1854
"One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country"
-Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov
"Win with ability, not with numbers"
-Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov, Count of Rymnik, Russian general
"Accustom yourself to tireless activity"
-Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov
"When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded"
-Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov
T"he bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about"
-Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov
"The more comfort(there is), the less courage there is.
-Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov
"If we had not driven them into hell, hell would have swallowed us"
-Prince Aleksandr V. Suvorov
"When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader"
-Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Nachman from Uman, Ukrainian Jewish teacher and spiritual leader
"What two ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia(Britain)?
-Reverend Sydney Smith, English clergyman and writer
"There's only one truth about war: people die"
-Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and MP
"It is well that war is so terrible. (Otherwise)We should(would) grow too fond of it"
-Robert E. Lee, US general
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Ponderings for fun
RandomQuotes, sayings, memes, and vids from me and other people (including fictional people)contradictions are to be expected. I so love making them all.
