"War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation."

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"War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation."

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"I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

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"To hold a pen is to be at war."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

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"They were dealt with as in war, and they naturally employed the means that were used against them."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

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"Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts."

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"Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart."

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"When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all."

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"I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back."

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"That civet-jasmine blend you're wearing tonight absolutely clashes with the third-level formal style of your dress, you know."

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"If there's no game, isn't winning a pretty meaningless concept?"

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"Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it."

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"Change is possible.''Change is inevitable."

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"Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you."

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"Don't let fear swallow all your happiness. Don't forget to take joy.' Dag gulped. Both of their grounds were nearly closed. It was Arkady's voice alone that hinted how hard-bought this bit of wisdom might've been, yet the words had been nearly toneless."

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