God is on the side not of the heavy battalions, but of the best shots.

Dieu n'est pas pour les gros bataillons, mais pour ceux qui tirent le mieux.

Voltaire

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God taking sides War

Author

Voltaire

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Citation

Voltaire. The Piccini Notebooks. c. 1738-1750.

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

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Voltaire
Source
Letter to the Author of The Three Imposters
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Language
French
Time
1768 1760s 18th century
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Citation

Voltaire. Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs [Letter to the author of The Three Impostors]. 10 Nov. 1770.

Another quote from the 1750s

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Thomas Gray

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

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Inevitability of death

Author

Thomas Gray
Source
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1751 1750s 18th century
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Original Citation

Gray, Thomas. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. London: Robert Dodsley, 1751.

Current Citation

Gray, Thomas. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard." Elegy Written In Country Churchyard and Other Poems. Penguin Classics, 2009.

Another quote about War

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,-
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

Wilfred Owen

Dulce et Decorum Est

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Horrors of war War

Author

Wilfred Owen
Source
Dulce et Decorum Est
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." Poems by Wilfred Owen. Chatto & Windus, 1920.

Current Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen. Random House UK, 2018.

Another quote originally in French

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Topic
Knowing the truth Truth Limits of reason Intuition

Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1670 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 1.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 1.