Friedrich Von Mellenthin/early War

Famous quotes containing the words von, early and/or war:

    Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candour never waited to be asked for its opinion.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    It is well that war is so terrible: we would grow too fond of it!
    Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)