War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.
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.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
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.
