Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.

Everyone learns from their experiences.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.