Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?

In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.

I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don't believe that they are great brooding presences watching over us; I believe they are completely absent minded.

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Government defines the physical aspects of man by means of The Printed Form, so that for every man in the flesh there is an exactly corresponding man on paper.

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made of the way we eat, the way we walk, the way we greet people.