War is to man as motherhood is to woman.

La guerra sta all'uomo, come la maternità alla donna.

Benito Mussolini

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Topic

War

Speaker

Benito Mussolini

Language

Italian

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Dictator National leader Politician

From

Italy Europe

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Citation

Mussolini, Benito. Speech in Italy. 26 May 1934, Chamber of Deputies, Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome, Italy.

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Another quote from the 1930s

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

Franz Kafka

The Great Wall of China

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Topic
Stillness Paying attention

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
The Great Wall of China
Medium
Short story
Language
German
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Kafka, Franz. Betrachtungen über Sünde, Leid, Hoffnung und den wahren Weg [Reflections on Sin, Pain, Hope and the True Way]. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931, no. 109.

Another quote about War

I doubt whether any of these people, with their academic or dogmatic hatred of war, detest it as much as I do. They probably have not seen the bodies rotting on the ground and smelled the stench of decaying human flesh...What separates me from the pacifists is that I hate the Nazis more than I hate war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic
Pacifism and nonviolence War

Author

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Letter to Arthur Eisenhower. 2 July. 1943.

Another quote originally in Italian

Haste denies all acts their dignity.

Dante Alighieri

Purgatorio

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Topic
Haste Taking one's time

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Purgatorio The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Dante. "Purgatorio [Purgatory]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Dante. "The Purgatorio." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.