
“War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.”
Source: Death: A Poetical Essay (1759), Line 178.
Source: Between Caesar and Jesus (1899), p. 26-27
“War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.”
Source: Death: A Poetical Essay (1759), Line 178.
“What necessity for a sword to slay the lover, when a glance can deprive him of half his life!”
In A Century of Ghazels, or. a Hundred Odes, Selected and Translated from the Diwan of Hafiz (1875), p. 77; quoted with a slight change in Love: A Book of Quotations (2012), ed. Ann Braybrooks, p. 71
Source: Taggerung
“A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.”
quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.
Seneca is here describing arguments used by 'certain men,' not stating his own opinion.
Alternate translation: A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. (translator unknown).
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXXVII: Some arguments in favor of the simple life, Line 30
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, ACTIVISM
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 504.