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November 15 - December 17, 2017
No pleasure in anything if you mouth it up too much.”
You can’t die if you don’t give up.”
“Everything’s got its compensations.”
Everything is much simpler in a hospital, including the jokes.
Revolution is a catharsis; an ecstasy which can only be prolonged by tyranny. The opiums are for before and for after.
“Don’t be so tough so early in the morning. I’m sure you’ve cut plenty people’s throats. I haven’t even had my coffee yet.”
It is not intelligent to be wounded when it can be avoided.”
Where you die does not matter, if you die for liberty.
Anyway, the thing to do is live and not to die.”
“Perhaps we should all be faithful,”
Thinking was no good. It started and went on so.
The pleasanter proverbs aren’t so true.”
“Every man has two hands, Jimmy. At least to start with. You ought to watch both of them if you’re going to see things.”
“Nothing’s ever going to be like it was in the old days. You were probably drunk in the old days anyway.”
In a war everybody of all ranks including generals cries at some time or another.
In a war we must all be careful not to hurt each other’s feelings.”
