Violence/war

Famous quotes containing the words violence and/or war:

“The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“Your length in clay’s now competent,
A long war disturbed your mind;”
—John Webster (c. 1580–1638)