"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology."
-Rebecca West
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"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.“
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"There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence."
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