Entry 57

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Guy de Maupassant

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

Guy de Maupassant

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

Andre Maurois

All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the truest poets must be truthful.

Wilfred Owen