仁慈的人容易認為,一定有一種巧妙的方法,不必造成太大的傷亡就能解除敵人的武裝或者打垮敵人,并且認為這是軍事藝術(shù)真正發(fā)展的方向。這種看法不管多么美妙,都是必須消除的錯誤思想,因為在像戰(zhàn)爭這么危險的事情中,由仁慈而產(chǎn)生的錯誤思想正是最為有害的。
Everymorning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.Literary and Other Notes I, Woman’s World (November 1887)