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Quote of Benjamin Franklin - There was never a good war...


Biography - Benjamin Franklin:

Born: 1706 - Died: 1790
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il n'y a jamais eu de bonne guerre ni de mauvaise paix.

German
Es gab nie einen guten Krieg oder einen schlechten Frieden.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: war


Quotes

Quotes about war:


War is sweet to those who have no experience of it,
but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach.

Pindar / 





At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.





War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.





Whatever makes for cultural development is working also against war.





In time of war the laws are silent.





War is an evil which dishonours mankind.











Quotes for: peace


Quotes

Quotes about peace:


Perhaps peace is more than happiness.





If you want to live in peace with yourself, you have to accept yourself as you are.





If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.





Better than a thousand hollow words
Is one word that brings peace.






If you want to make peace there must be two people, you yourself and the neighbor opposite.





Thoughts at peace. That is the goal someone who philosophizes longs for.











Quotes

Benjamin Franklin also said...


They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.





Love your Enemies, for they tell you your faults.





At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.





The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.





Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.





The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.












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