A German joke is no laughing matter.
The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.
If you're looking for friends when you need them...it's too late.
All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it.