Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity
A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror - and they last longer.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay. . . The nations backed their machines over the precipice not one of them wanted war, certainly not on this scale
He is brilliant - to the top of his boots.
It is always too late, or too little, or both. And that is the road to disaster.
Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps.
People are only what we believe them to be.
Death is loneliness in its purest form.
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.