War & Conflict Sayings
58 sayings found from the Ancient era from 16 authors
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There are no more worlds to conquer!
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.
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…
My spirit is unconquerable.
I have seen the cross in the sky, and in it I have conquered.
By this sign, you will conquer.
The cross is the standard of victory.
You know how to win a victory, Hannibal, but not how to use one.
War is the only surgeon that can cure a nation.
The patient must combat his disease along with the physician.
He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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.
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.
No man who fights with gods will live long or hear his children prattling about his knees when he returns from battle.
Doesn't the son of Tydeus know, down deep, the man who fights the gods does not live long?
The rule of the many is not well. One must be chief. In war and one the king.
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.
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.
I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.