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In wartime 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.

Tiger at the Gates - 1935 - La Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu] - The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, as translated by Christopher Fry.


Everyone always dies for his country. If you have lived in it, well and wisely and actively, you die for it too.

Tiger at the Gates - 1935 - La Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu] - The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, as translated by Christopher Fry.


Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Quoted in The Beauty Principal - 1984 by Victoria Principal.


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

Tiger at the Gates - 1935 - La Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu] - The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, as translated by Christopher Fry.


The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.

Quoted in Murphy's Law Book Two : More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong - 1980 by Arthur Bloch. Similar statements became a routine part of the comedic performances of George Burns.


There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

Tiger at the Gates - 1935 - La Guerre de Troie N'Aura Pas Lieu] - The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, as translated by Christopher Fry.