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“Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital.”

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Arsène Houssaye was a French novelist born on March 28, 1815, and died on February 26, 1896. His works are known for their delicate emotional descriptions and profound social insights. more

“It is paltry philosophy if in the old-fashioned way one lays down rules and principles in total disregard of moral values . As soon as these appear one regards them as exceptions, which gives them a certain scientific status, and thus makes them into rules. Or again one may appeal to genius , which is above all rules; which amounts to admitting that rules are not only made for idiots , but are idiotic in themselves.”

Ifs Way Giving May Made Philosophy Certain Values Moral Principles Amount Genius Regard Lays Appeals Idiot Exception Old Fashioned Disregard Admitting Idiotic Moral Values

Book:On War

Source: On War

“Battles decide everything.”

Battle

Author:Carl von Clausewitz

“Der Krieg ist nichts als eine Fortsetzung des politischen Verkehrs mit Einmischung anderer Mittel. War is merely the continuation of policy with the admixture of other means.”

Mean War Policy Als Continuation Mit

Author:Carl von Clausewitz

“The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.”

Mind Girl Flower Patient Drawing Tenderness Brows Dusk

Author:Wilfred Owen

“It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which titanic wars had groined.”

Long War Battle Profound Dull Tunnels Granite

Author:Wilfred Owen

“Strange friend,' I said,'here is no cause to mourn.' 'None,'said the other,'save the undone years, The hopelessness.Whatever hope is yours Was my life also; I went hunting wild After the wildest beauty in the world.”

World Years Said Causes Strange Hunting Hopelessness Mourn Undone

Author:Wilfred Owen

“Was it for this the clay grew tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?”

Made Earth Sleep Break Grew Tall Toil Clay Futility Sunbeams

Author:Wilfred Owen

“So secretly, like wrongs hushed-up, they went.”

Author:Wilfred Owen

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