Seneca the Younger Quotes About War

• We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples?

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Mad, Justice

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter XCV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1925.

• The Germans, a race eager for war.

  Seneca the Younger

  Peace, War, Race

• Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Men, Outcomes

  "The Madness of Hercules". Book by Seneca the Younger, circa 54 AD.

• Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Tyrants, Historical

• Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Law, Liberty

• The fear of war is worse than war itself.

  Seneca the Younger

  Military, War

• What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common; and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Dog, War

• Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Eye, Men

• Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Courage

  "De Providentia" by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus as reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 9-10., 1922.

• War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of drum and fife, and I forget Wet eyes of widows, and forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchery without a soul.

  Seneca the Younger

  Mother, Sweet, War

• Men practice war; beasts do not.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Men, Practice

• In war there is no prize for runner-up.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Philosophical, Runners

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• The fortune of war is always doubtful.

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Fortune, Doubtful

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