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War Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.
- Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy.
- I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
- None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
- In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
- When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
- Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
- There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
- Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over.
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