There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.

George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

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Topic

Resistance Defeat War

Author

George Orwell

Source

Homage to Catalonia

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Orwell, George. Homage to Catalonia. Secker and Warburg, 1938, ch. 4.

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You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann

Desiderata

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Topic
Man and the universe

Author

Max Ehrmann
Source
Desiderata
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ehrmann, Max. Desiderata. Michigan Tradesman, 5 Apr. 1933.

Another quote about War

Carthage must be destroyed.

Cato the Elder

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
War
Speaker
Cato the Elder

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.