Belgium Quote by Adam Hochschild

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.

— Joseph Rodman Drake

Death, whether it regards ourselves or others, appears less terrible in war than at home. The cries of women and children, friends in anguish,…

— Henry Home, Lord Kames

It is not only the dead who have seen the end of war. The people who survived the war have to live with the…

— Mattias Konradsson

Posterity has never made the grave's embrace less cruel. It simply assuages our fear of death, because there is no better cure for out…

— Yasmina Khadra

Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene.

— John Dryden

When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.

— Laozi

Sorrow itself is not so hard to bear As the thought of sorrow coming. Airy ghosts, That work no harm, do terrify us more…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had…

— Langston Hughes

Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave…

— Frank B. Kellogg

Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of…

— Pablo Neruda

“It is a strange thing how quickly our bodies die. How fragile a force our presence is. In an instant the soul is gone…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the…

— Jefferson Davis