"War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle." ― Thomas Carlyle Topic(s): God Tags: between, quarrel More From Thomas Carlyle "In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government." "To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself." "Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding." More In God "If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world."― David Brainerd "I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect."― J. D. Salinger "Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander."― Victor Hugo