“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”
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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”
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“Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
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