War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes.

Mao Zedong

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An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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My brother, are war and battle evil? Necessary, however, is the evil; necessary are the envy and the distrust and the back-biting among the virtues.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Behind a remarkable scholar we not infrequently find an average human being, and behind an average artist we often find a very remarkable human being.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

Dalai Lama

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