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Total War Quotes

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

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

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

I would rather wear out than rust out.

George Whitefield, G. B. (1829). “The Revived Puritan. Select Works of ... G. W., ... Containing a Memoir of His Life, Etc. [Edited by G. B.]”, p.90

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1888) (entry for 3 Nov. 1831) See Francis Bacon 7; Montaigne 4; Franklin Roosevelt 6; Thoreau 16

Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.

"Reflections on the Revolution in France" by Edmund Burke, 1790.

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

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

War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.

Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.75, Princeton University Press

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

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

God is on the side of the big battalions.

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

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

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