War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Thomas Hardy

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War and peace War Peace

Author

Thomas Hardy

Source

The Dynasts

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Hardy, Thomas. The Dynasts. Vol. 1, MacMillan & Co., 1904, pt. 1, act 1, sc. 5.

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To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking.

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Topic
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Henri Poincaré
Source
Science and Hypothesis
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
French
Time
1902 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Poincare, Henri. La science et l'hypothese [Science and Hypothesis]. Flammarion, 1902, introduction.

Current Citation

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Eternal peace is a dream, and not even a beautiful one, and war is a link in God's world order. In him, the noblest virtues of man, courage and renunciation, devotion to duty and willingness to sacrifice, unfold with the institution of life. Without the war, the world would become bogged down in materialism.

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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Praise of war War

Author

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Von Moltke, Helmuth. Letter to Johann Caspar Bluntschli. 11 Dec. 1880.