A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.

Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.

From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun.

Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.