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Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish.

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It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against ...more

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Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.

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There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness, perhaps the greatest wic...more

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But there was a time when each of us stood naked before the world, confronting life as a serious problem with which we were intimately and passionatel...more

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It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybo...more

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War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular.