• It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

  André Gide
  French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) 1869-1951
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. stirring
2. restrain
3. patient
4. toward
5. labors
6. peace

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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. by : André Gide

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