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War Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.
- Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
- To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
- You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets it on paper,…
- As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
- Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.
- In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At…
- As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for war; and he may be justly hunted down, as the…
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