Jean Giraudoux Quotes on War
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In wartime a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.
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As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.
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Born enemies don't fight. Nations you would say were designed to go to war against each other--by their skins, their language, their smell: always jealous of each other, always hating each other--they're not the ones who fight. You will find the real antagonists in nations fate has groomed and made ready for the same war.
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Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.