"Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud……" — Fritz Kreisler
"Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun."
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Fritz Kreisler
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15 Quotes by Fritz Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler has 15 quotes on this site.
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Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near.
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Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of…
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What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of…
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Courage, energy and patience are the virtues which appeal to my heart.
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I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected…
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Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.
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My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be…
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IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in the Austrian Army, I find…
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The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we…
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The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure.
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Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife,…
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One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the…
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