“He who did well in war just earns the right
To begin doing well in peace.”

“There are laws for peace as well as war.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

“You want me and I want you. right?"
Who did she think she was? You can't just go around blurting out the truth like a prophet with Tourette's Syndrome. He said, "Well, I guess. Yeah, that's right.”

Christopher Moore book Coyote Blue

“Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.”

Jack Kornfield (1945) American writer

“The House of Peers, thoughout the war
Did nothing in particular
And did it very well.”

W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo

“I think very much of the people, as an old friend said he thought of woman. He said when he lost his first wife, who had been a great help to him in his business, he thought he was ruined — that he could never find another to fill her place. At length, however, he married another, who he found did quite as well as the first, and that his opinion now was that any woman would do well who was well done by. So I think of the whole people of this nation — they will ever do well if well done by. We will try to do well by them in all parts of the country, North and South, with entire confidence that all will be well with all of us.”

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

“Never do anything for anyone who can just as well do it themself”

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

“When the word "peace" was uttered for the first time, there was panic at the stock exchange. They screamed in pain: "We've been earning! Leave us the war! We've earned the war!"”

Karl Kraus (1874–1936) Czech playwright and publicist

“Anyone who's just driven 90 yards against huge men trying to kill them has earned the right to do Jazz hands.”

Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…

“The battalion can operate very well without you. No man is indispensable in a war, no matter who he is.”

Väinö Linna book The Unknown Soldier