--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: How mad it is to summon grim death by…" description: "\"How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war!\" — Tibullus" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/tibullus-35617_death_how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-me_1210320.jpg" --- # How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war! ![“How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war!” quote by Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/tibullus-35617_death_how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-me_1210320.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/tibullus-35617_death_how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-me_1210320.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/tibullus-35617_death_how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-me_1210320.jpg) > “How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war!” [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. War creates death and grief; the speaker laments the absurdity of killing. **In simple terms:** War is senseless death. Key Takeaway Avoid war, seek peace. Themes war death absurdity Mood somber reflective Type philosophical ethical When to use this quote - political decisions - military recruitment - peace negotiations - public discourse Key Concepts human suffering military conflict Questions to Reflect On - Is war ever justified? - How can societies prevent war? A Different Perspective Some may argue war can be justified for defense. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Grim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grim/) [Grim Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grim-death-3665090/) [Mad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mad/) [Mad Summon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mad-summon-3665089/) [Mean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mean/) [Means War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/means-war-412386/) [Summon Grim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/summon-grim-3665088/) [War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/) ## Related quotes > [All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/all-cities-are-mad-but-the-madness-is-gallant-all-cities-are/) [Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/) > [I don't think 'This Means War' is an appropriate picture to do in 3-D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mcg/i-don-t-think-this-means-war-is-an-appropriate-picture-to-do-in-3-d/) [McG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mcg/) > [ ... \[I\]n any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until some day inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/i-n-any-war-a-victory-means-another-war-and-yet-another-until-some/) [Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/) > [“Of course you know, this means war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-adamson/of-course-you-know-this-means-war/) [Joe Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-adamson/) > [“The definition of a hero changes depending on the needs of the person with the dictionary. And of late I’ve become more aware how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-buroker/the-definition-of-a-hero-changes-depending-on-the-needs-of-the-person-2/) [Lindsay Buroker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-buroker/) > [“Politics is economics by other means, and war is politics by other means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-goff/politics-is-economics-by-other-means-and-war-is-politics-by-other/) [Stan Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-goff/) > [“Well Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/well-prince-so-genoa-and-lucca-are-now-just-family-estates-of-the/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) > [Internal security means something. It means war against your own population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/internal-security-means-something-it-means-war-against-your-own/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [If im lucky, i will never have to see you again. Because if i do, that means we are at war, and id have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hocking/if-im-lucky-i-will-never-have-to-see-you-again-because-if-i-do-that/) [Amanda Hocking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hocking/) > [ Arabs and their allies are conducting a total war against Israel. A total war means a war of lies. The PA \[Palestinian Authority\] promotes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manfred-gerstenfeld/arabs-and-their-allies-are-conducting-a-total-war-against-israel-a/) [Manfred Gerstenfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manfred-gerstenfeld/) > [Right," said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit when pushed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/right-said-fat-charlie-conversationally-you-realize-of-course-that/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Of course you realize this means war!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bugs-bunny/of-course-you-realize-this-means-war/) [Bugs Bunny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bugs-bunny/) > ['This Means War' is up there with 'Hail to the King' in terms of crowd reaction and kids chanting for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-shadows/this-means-war-is-up-there-with-hail-to-the-king-in-terms-of-crowd/) [M. Shadows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-shadows/) > [There's no question that jihad historically means war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-robertson/there-s-no-question-that-jihad-historically-means-war/) [Pat Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-robertson/) > [Yes, yes: Taking out Saddam Hussein means war, and war is bad for children and other living things. I went to grade school in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/yes-yes-taking-out-saddam-hussein-means-war-and-war-is-bad-for/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) ## More by Tibullus > [“Let other men gather bright gold to themselves and own many acres of well-ploughed soil, let endless worry trouble them, with enemies nearby, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/let-other-men-gather-bright-gold-to-themselves-and-own-many-acres-of/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/i-could-live-in-the-woods-with-thee-in-sight-where-never-should-human/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [“Who was the first that forged the deadly blade? Of rugged steel his savage soul was made.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/who-was-the-first-that-forged-the-deadly-blade-of-rugged-steel-his/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with the longest day enjoy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/how-could-i-blest-with-thee-long-nights-employ-and-how-with-the/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [What madness is this, inviting sable Death by warfare? It always hovers close and comes unforeseen on silent steps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/what-madness-is-this-inviting-sable-death-by-warfare-it-always-hovers/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/happy-thou-that-learnest-from-another-s-griefs-not-to-subject-thyself/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [Be bold: Venus herself aids the stout-hearted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/be-bold-venus-herself-aids-the-stout-hearted/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [“I myself have seen this woman draw the stars from the sky; she diverts the course of a fast-flowing river with her incantations; her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/i-myself-have-seen-this-woman-draw-the-stars-from-the-sky-she-diverts/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [Esteem all things that are good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/esteem-all-things-that-are-good/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [A wise man sings his joy in the closet of his heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/a-wise-man-sings-his-joy-in-the-closet-of-his-heart/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [The Love-god inflames more fiercely those he sees are reluctant to surrender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/the-love-god-inflames-more-fiercely-those-he-sees-are-reluctant-to/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) > [Don't fear to pledge. By winds the perjuries of love Are blown, null and void, across the land and farthest seas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/don-t-fear-to-pledge-by-winds-the-perjuries-of-love-are-blown-null/) [Tibullus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) [Explore all 13 Tibullus quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/) ## More Death quotes > [“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/he-wondered-how-it-was-fair-that-your-dying-should-depend-so-much-on/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavio-paz/what-sets-worlds-in-motion-is-the-interplay-of-differences-their/) [Octavio Paz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavio-paz/) > [Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/most-of-us-are-convinced-that-we-are-our-egos-which-is-who-we-think/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-do-not-want-to-live-at-the-cost-of-the-life-even-of-a-snake-i/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-grant/it-was-beautiful-he-thought-he-had-never-seen-anything-so-beautiful/) [Mira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-grant/) > [Retirement? You're talking about death, right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-altman/retirement-you-re-talking-about-death-right/) [Robert Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-altman/) > [With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-manuel/with-multiplayer-permanent-death-and-an-ever-changing-world-to/) [Rob Manuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-manuel/) > [“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-anthony-torino/what-did-you-see-she-asked-gently-his-brow-furrowed-as-if-he-could/) [J. Anthony Torino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-anthony-torino/) > [Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/those-whose-life-is-long-still-strive-for-gain-and-for-all-mortals/) [Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/) > [“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-powers/i-practice-dying-every-night-but-have-not-learned-to-still-though/) [Alan W. Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-w-powers/) > [“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-cooper/you-must-understand-the-pain-and-grief-of-losing-someone-is-nothing/) [Steven Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-cooper/) > [I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/i-am-not-a-depressive-person-at-all-but-i-reflect-a-lot-on-my-life/) [Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) > [“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/death-is-a-reality-that-calls-the-rest-of-life-and-all-of-our/) [Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/) > [I love life. I love life to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmanuelle-riva/i-love-life-i-love-life-to-death/) [Emmanuelle Riva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmanuelle-riva/) > [I think when you’re dying you start looking for important things in the corners. You can’t let anything that seems even semi-important pass, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/i-think-when-you-re-dying-you-start-looking-for-important-things-in/) [Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/) [Browse all 39,127 Death quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tibullus" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-means-of-war/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Death" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-means-of-war/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/tibullus-35617_death_how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-me_1210320.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/tibullus-35617_death_how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-me_1210320.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/tibullus-35617_death_how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-me_1210320.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war!” — Tibullus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Tibullus", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibullus/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "How mad it is to summon...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-means-of-war/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibullus/how-mad-it-is-to-summon-grim-death-by-means-of-war/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```