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[T]hat mutual jealousy, that intolerantly keen edge of criticism, that irrational hunger for a beautiful perfection, that life and wisdom do presently...more

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A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the n...more

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We are but phantoms, and the phantoms of phantoms, desires like cloud-shadows and wills of straw that eddy in the wind; the days pass, use and wont ca...more

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Modern war, modern international hostility is, I believe, possible only through the stupid illiteracy of the mass of men and the conceit and intellect...more

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In times of long established peace, when the tradition of generations has established the illusion of the profoundest human security, men's minds are ...more

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Dr. Chanter, in his brilliant History of Human Thought in the Twentieth Century, has made the suggestion that only a very small proportion of people a...more

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And in friendship and still more here, in this central business of love, accident rules it seems to me almost altogether. What personalities you will ...more

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It's against reason," said Filby."What reason?" said the Time Traveller.

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Why are these things permitted? What sins have we done? The morning service was over, I was walking through the roads to clear my brain for the aftern...more

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This isn't a war," said the artilleryman. "It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.

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A [national] flag has no real significance for peaceful uses.