Near a war is always not very near.
But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.
Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself.
French people do like good fighting, they like it better than anything.
Love: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.