Mundane Quote by George MacDonald

“War? One can lose oneself in the joy of battle, in fighting for a glorious cause, but there are not many glorious causes for…

— Donna Tartt

“You say glory, necessity, pride; I say barbarity, greed, arrogance. War is a search for glory, for that particular sense of joy and satisfaction…

— Laura M. Hughes

“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave Awaits alike the inevitable hour: The paths…

— Thomas Gray

“Neither triumphalism, condemnation, nor apology does intellectual or emotional justice to the brute reality of this savage war, the outcome of which could not…

— James D. Hornfischer

“War is an unbelievable potpourri of deep fear, exhilaration, dull, monotonous, dirty living, strange heroics, and complete cowardice, all intermingled to form a way…

— Robert E. Merriam

“No victory, no conquest justified a single death, a man starved, frozen, lacerated, a single orphaned child. All war wanted was itself.”

— Willy Peter Reese

“War is not glorious. War is hell. The only reason for fighting it is to achieve some good end that cannot be achieved by…

— Carla Nayland

“Victory breeds hatred. The defeated live in pain. Happily the peaceful live, giving up victory and defeat.”

— Siddhārtha Gautama

“It is a tale that is told, from which we may draw the knowledge and comprehension needed for the future. The disproportion between the…

— Winston Churchill

“We fight not for glory nor for wealth nor honours; but only and alone we fight for freedom, which no good man surrenders but…

— Bernard De Linton

“No cause that was ever worthy was without its turmoil, its trials, its hopelessness. We are not defeated yet.”

— Jeff Shaara

“There's no such thing as a limited victory. Every victory leaves another resentment, another defeated and humiliated people. Another place to guard and defend…

— Jeanette Winterson