Quotes about Great war

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Our knowledge of life is limited to death — Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
Our knowledge of life is limited to death — Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
Mute in that golden silence hung with green,Come down from heaven and bring me in your eyesRemembrance of all beauty tha — Siegfried Sassoon, Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Mute in that golden silence hung with green,Come down from heaven and bring me in your eyesRemembrance of all beauty tha — Siegfried Sassoon, Counter-Attack and Other Poems
...all the men in the photograph wear puttees. All the men in the picture are bound, trying to keep themselves together. — Elena Mauli Shapiro, 13, rue Thérèse
...all the men in the photograph wear puttees. All the men in the picture are bound, trying to keep themselves together. — Elena Mauli Shapiro, 13, rue Thérèse
They called it the Great War, but that implied worthiness and grandeur, not violence and helplessness and the utter wast — M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones
They called it the Great War, but that implied worthiness and grandeur, not violence and helplessness and the utter wast — M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones
Who desired the Great War? No nation benefitted from it. The war brought about the destruction of the Prussian Empire, s — Matthew De Abaitua, If Then
Who desired the Great War? No nation benefitted from it. The war brought about the destruction of the Prussian Empire, s — Matthew De Abaitua, If Then
Take me! Well, not quite take me, love me now, take me eventually — Fay Weldon
Take me! Well, not quite take me, love me now, take me eventually — Fay Weldon
The landscape had been so maimed by this new kind of warfare it was as if human architects of great genius had sat down — Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River
The landscape had been so maimed by this new kind of warfare it was as if human architects of great genius had sat down — Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River
So you, too, like fruitcake? (RW on meeting Lenin in Zurich during World War I.) — Robert Walser
So you, too, like fruitcake? (RW on meeting Lenin in Zurich during World War I.) — Robert Walser
In April war was declared with Germany. Wilson and his cabinet—a cabinet that in its lack of distinction was strangely r — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
In April war was declared with Germany. Wilson and his cabinet—a cabinet that in its lack of distinction was strangely r — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
Sometimes time can play tricks. One moment it idles by, an hour can seem a lifetime, such as when sitting by the river a — M.A. Lossl, Mizpah Cousins: life, love and perilous predicaments during the Great War era.
Sometimes time can play tricks. One moment it idles by, an hour can seem a lifetime, such as when sitting by the river a — M.A. Lossl, Mizpah Cousins: life, love and perilous predicaments during the Great War era.
Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is — A.J.P. Taylor
Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is — A.J.P. Taylor
As in all great cataclysmic events, men are forced to show their true colours. Some will achieve the status of legend fo — Anne Rouen, Angel of Song
As in all great cataclysmic events, men are forced to show their true colours. Some will achieve the status of legend fo — Anne Rouen, Angel of Song
In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not — John J. Pershing, My Experiences in the World War
In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not — John J. Pershing, My Experiences in the World War
The real propaganda is what—if we are genuinely a living member of a nation—we tell ourselves because we have hope, hope — Marcel Proust, Time Regained
The real propaganda is what—if we are genuinely a living member of a nation—we tell ourselves because we have hope, hope — Marcel Proust, Time Regained
‎The greatest danger of a terrorist's bomb is in the explosion of stupidity that it provokes. — Octave Mirbeau
‎The greatest danger of a terrorist's bomb is in the explosion of stupidity that it provokes. — Octave Mirbeau