August Deibel/world War II

Famous quotes containing the words august, world and/or war:

    In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)

    The finished man of the world must eat of every apple at once. He must hold his hatreds also at arm’s length, and not remember spite. He has neither friends nor enemies, but values men only as channels of power.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.
    Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)