Цитаты из книги «Герои», страница 11
There's no curse like getting what you want.
wars were all about rich men’s ambitions and poor men’s graves.
Unless specifically and precisely instructed otherwise, a good soldier always does nothing.
There’s no job that forgives stupidity more than soldiering. No job that encourages it more
Strange, to lock men up for thieving when the whole army lived on robbery. To dangle men for murder when they were all at the business of killing. What makes a crime in a time when men take what they please from who they please?
«Couldn’t make no difference. Every man’s a coward. A coward and a hero, depending how things stand.»
You pick your Chief, you pick your side, you pick your crew and then you stand by ’em, whatever the wind blows up.
When you’re planning what to do, always think of doing nothing first, see where that gets you.
«every war is only a prelude to talk»
men always hate in others what is most hateful in themselves.
