War is by no means something glamorous, and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Never despair. [Nil desperandum. ]
The twentieth century seems afflicted by a gigantic. . . power failure. Powerlessness and the sense of powerlessness may be the environmental disease of the age.
My early years abroad were spent mainly upon the European Continent, and public duties since have led me to make prolonged stays in various Continental states France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia where the study of Continental statesmen has been almost forced upon me.
I am a peace supporting Jew.
If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.