“That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.”
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Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.
What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.