‘WAR IS…’
War is men’s business.
Homer, ancient Greek poet, quoting Hector in The Iliad
War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.
Pindar (ca. 518–438 BCE), ancient Greek lyric poet, quoted in Adagia (The Adages), by Dutch philosopher and scholar Desiderius Erasmus (1500)
War is the trade of kings.
John Dryden (1631–1700), English poet, dramatist, and literary critic, in King Arthur (1691)
War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), British historian, in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–1788)
War is the business
