War & Conflict Sayings

58 sayings found from the Ancient era from 16 authors

There are no more worlds to conquer!

— Alexander the Great 326 BCE
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I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

— Alexander the Great 330 BCE
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I have had this inscription of Dharma engraved in order that my sons and great-grandsons may not consider making new conquests, or that if military conquests are made, that they be done with forbearance and light punishment, or better still, that the…

— Ashoka the Great c. 260 BCE
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My spirit is unconquerable.

— Cleopatra c. 50-30 BCE
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I have seen the cross in the sky, and in it I have conquered.

— Constantine the Great 312
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By this sign, you will conquer.

— Constantine the Great 312
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The cross is the standard of victory.

— Constantine the Great 312
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You know how to win a victory, Hannibal, but not how to use one.

— Hannibal Barca 216 BCE
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War is the only surgeon that can cure a nation.

— Hippocrates c. 460-370 BCE (attributed, context debated)
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The patient must combat his disease along with the physician.

— Hippocrates c. 400 BC
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.

— Hippocrates c. 400 BC
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Disease is not an entity, but a fluctuating condition of the patient's body, a battle between the substance of the disease and the natural self-healing tendency of the body.

— Hippocrates c. 460-370 BCE
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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.

— Homer c. 8th Century BCE
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No man who fights with gods will live long or hear his children prattling about his knees when he returns from battle.

— Homer c. 8th Century BCE
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Doesn't the son of Tydeus know, down deep, the man who fights the gods does not live long?

— Homer c. 8th Century BCE
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The rule of the many is not well. One must be chief. In war and one the king.

— Homer c. 8th Century BCE
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It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.

— Homer approx. 800 BCE
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It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.

— Homer approx. 800 BCE
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I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

— Jesus Christ Approx. 30 AD
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

— Laozi c. 6th-4th century BCE
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