Cruel Quote by The Iliad Download Open image “One came to the war all over gold, like a girl. Poor fool! it did not save him from cruel death.” — The Iliad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Came War Cruel Death Girl Poor Poor Fool War War Gold
The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is better to pay tribute of gold to the enemy than tribute of blood in war. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“He had illuminated the heartbreaking cruelty of war: When men who fight become nothing, only packages of bones and blood deposited in the earth… — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
Genius scorns the power of gold: it is wrong. Gold is the war-scythe on its chariot, which mows down the millions of its foes,… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love as well as war. — Moliere Copy Share Image
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter; Oh no! the miserablest day we live There's many a better thing to do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing can be revoked or said in vain nor unfulfilled if I should nod my head. — The Iliad Copy Share Image
The generation of men is like that of leaves. The wind scatters one year's leaves on the ground, but the forest burgeons and and… — The Iliad Copy Share Image
It is no cause for anger that the Trojans and the well-greaved Achaeans have suffered for so long over such a woman: she is… — The Iliad Copy Share Image
“I think the reason we're cruel sometimes is that we're afraid we're going to like something.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Don't be so cruel to me. Don't promise me anything. I've got everything that i need. I need love in a good way.” — Tegan Quin Copy Share Image
“Even the cruel feel pain. And even the cruel can change. I hope this changes him. He could do so much, if only he… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Huamns, uregulated, are cruel and capricious; violet and selfish; miserable and quarrelsome. It is only after their instincts and basic emotions have been controlled… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image