America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.
L'homme qui n'a pas été anarchiste à seize ans est un imbécile. Mais c'en est un autre, s'il l'est encore à quarante.
War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
War is much too important a matter to be left to the generals.
