5 William Shakespeare Quotes on War

William Shakespeare quotes on war

12. Julius Caesar

28. Titus Andronicus

33. Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.

35. Crabbed age and youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care

38. Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar.