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War Quotes by Laozi
- Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.
- How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
- When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.
- There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.
- When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.
- When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside…
- Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.
- The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war.
- Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory…
- The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
- To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.
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- There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old. — William Shakespeare
- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Go, bid the soldiers shoot. — William Shakespeare
- I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. — William Shakespeare