There are the two curses of Spain, the bulls and the priests.

Everyone behaves badly--given the chance.

If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.

The most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen

(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought.

There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.

For what are we born if not to aid one another?