“The sense of war, the extraordinary bravery of the Allied armies, the numbers, the losses, the real suffering that disappears in time and commemorative oratory, are not marked out in any red guidebook of the emotions, but they are present if you look.” IfsLooksWarRealSufferingLossNumbersEmotionRedArmyBraveryExtraordinaryDisappearOratory Author:John Vinocur
“Love is the great intangible. ... Frantic and serene, vigilant and calm, wrung-out and fortified, explosive and sedate -- love commands a vast army of moods. Hoping for victory, limping from the latest skirmish, lovers enter the arena once again. ... Love is the white light of emotion. ... Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one can agree on what it is.” LightWhiteLove IsEmotionWonderfulLoversVictoryArmyAgreeCalmMoodCommandArenaSereneExplosivesVigilantIntangibleFranticWhite LightLimping Author:Diane Ackerman
“I have a friend, physically magnificent, who combines within himself the intellect of a philosopher, the diplomacy of a statesman, the executive ability of the general of an army, the courtesy of a Chesterfield - and the emotions of a rabbit.” AbilityEmotionPersonalityArmyPhilosopherIntellectExecutivesMagnificentDiplomacyCourtesyRabbitsStatesmen Author:Myrtle Reed
“The fame of a battlefield grows with its years; Napoleon storming the Bridge of Lodi, and Wellington surveying the towers of Salamanca, affect us with fainter emotions than Brutus reading in his tent at Philippi, or Richard bearing down with the English chivalry upon the white armies of Saladin.” YearsReadingGrowsWhiteEmotionBattleFameArmyBridgesTowersBattlefieldsTentsChivalryWellingtonBrutusSaladin Book:Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature Source: Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature
“It seems that certain transcendental realities emit rays to which the masses are sensitive. That is how, for example, when an event takes place, when at the front an army is in danger, or defeated, or victorious, the rather obscure news which the cultivated man does not quite understand, excite in the masses an emotion which surprises him and in which, once the experts have informed him of the actual military situation, he recognizes the populace's perception of that "aura" surrounding great events and visible for hundreds of kilometers.” MenDoeWarRealitySeemsCertainEmotionSituationMilitaryFrontsEventsDangerExamplePerceptionNewsMassArmySurpriseCrowdsSensitiveExpertsVisibleRaysDefeatedObscureTranscendentalAurasGreat Events Author:Marcel Proust
“The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open and truthful and legal. As soon as a government departs from that standard it ceases to be anything more than 'the gang in possession,' and its days are numbered.” MenGovernmentLyingBeliefEmotionStandardsArmyPossessionCeaseEmpiresTruthfulRulersGangTrue Strength Book:Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells Source: Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells