War Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Toil And Trouble War
If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song. — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
“No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the Reader's beloved… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
And sweet and far as from a star, replied a voice which shall not cease, till drowning all the noise of war, it sings… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
“Within him something bade to cry out. He had the impulse to make a rallying speech, to sing a battle hymn, but he could… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone,… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble;… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“Music in war is a candle in the darkness; it is a kindness in the Land of Rudeness; it is a civilisation in the… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“I sing, not to hear the echo repeat, a shade fainter, my song! I think of light and not of glory! Singing is my… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
“You'll sing a song of victory eternally, though there is none to be had.” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“A wind starts to blow, without feelings, A song falls in love, without singing, A life will begin in melodies of the strings, May… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“People came to our house from far and wide. Party and military bigwigs, some guy known as the “combat commander,” the village headman, and… — Masaji Ishikawa Copy Share Image
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a batter. Love is a war. Love is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The world," said Pavone, "will swing to the left. The whole world except America. The world will swing, not because people read Karl Marx,… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
