| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 40597 |
| QUOTATION: | Hate-hardened heart, O heart of iron,
iron is iron till it is rust.
There never was a war that was
not inward; I must
fight till I have conquered in myself what
causes war, but I would not believe it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Marianne Moore (1887–1972), U.S. poet. In Distrust of Merits (l. 71–76). . .
The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore. (1981) Penguin Books. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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