Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.

The rest and the spell of sleep in the middle of the day refresh the human frame far more than a long night. We were not made by Nature to work, or even to play, from eight o'clock in the morning till midnight. We throw a strain upon our system which is unfair and improvident. For every purpose of business or pleasure, mental or physical, we ought to break our days and our marches into two.

[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

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