You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.

On croit mourir pour la patrie; on meurt pour les industriels.

Anatole France

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Anti-war Dying for one's country Patriotism War

Author

Anatole France

Source

L' Humanite

Medium

Newspaper

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

France, Anatole. "Une Lettre D'Anatole France." L'Humanite, 18 July 1922.

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Another quote from the 1920s

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Bertrand Russell

Marriage and Morals

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Unfounded beliefs Beliefs

Author

Bertrand Russell
Source
Marriage and Morals
Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. Marriage and Morals. Allen & Unwin, 1929, ch. 5.

Another quote about War

There are no atheists in the fox holes.

William Thomas Cummings

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Topic
Facing death God and war War
Speaker
William Thomas Cummings
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Cummings, William Thomas. Quoted in I Saw the Fall of the Philippines, by Carlos P. Romulo. Doubleday, 1943, ch. 15.

Another quote originally in French

Alcohol is the prince of liquids, and carries the palate to its highest pitch of exaltation.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The Physiology of Taste

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Alcohol

Author

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Source
The Physiology of Taste
Genre
Food writing
Language
French
Time
1825 1820s 19th century
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Original Citation

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste [Physiologie du Goût]. Paris, 1825, meditation 9.

Current Citation

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy, translated by M. F. K. Fisher. Vintage, 2011, meditation 9.