73 Quotes About War-and-peace

I don't know what happens next, I can't possibly know, I don't wish to know, but if that's all I want, if I want glory, if I want to be famous and loved by everyone, it's not my fault that I want this! ... What can I do, if I care for nothing but glory and the love of men? Death, wounds, the loss of my family - nothing can frighten me. I would give them all up for one moment of glory, triumph over men, to be loved by men I don't even know.

How could you not see that I'm a woman? Yes, a woman, who might belong to anyone - yes, even to you,

I am always angry about the war and hungry about the peace but the world is in the wise version

They could not understand the self denial of our emperor, who wants nothing for himself and everything for the good of the world.

Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking; where it is absent, discussion is apt to become worse than useless.

It seemed clear that wars were not made by genereations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart.

The Revolution was a grand thing!" continued Monsieur Pierre, betraying by this desperate and provocative proposition his extreme youth and his wish to express all that was in his mind.

Teapots are not generally known for their aerodynamic qualities, hence the proclivity for their use during breaks between fighting rather than as an actual weapon of war.

You are a fool.