Abyss Quote by George Bernard Shaw

The poetry of heroism appeals irresitably to those who don't go to a war, and even more so to those whom the war is…

— Louis Ferdinand Celine

The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don't go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making…

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

War, like all other situations of danger and of change, calls forth the exertion of admirable intellectual qualities and great virtues, and it is…

— William C. Bryant

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

— Elizabeth Samet

This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor…

— Wilfred Owen

“War is an unbelievable potpourri of deep fear, exhilaration, dull, monotonous, dirty living, strange heroics, and complete cowardice, all intermingled to form a way…

— Robert E. Merriam

“War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love…

— Immanuel Kant

“When I was young and impressionable, I thought of war as a sort of romantic crucible, a test of one’s manhood and mettle. In…

— Marko Kloos

War is awful. Nothing, not the valor with which it is fought nor the nobility of the cause it serves, can glorify war. War…

— John McCain

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

— John McCain

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

— Jon Krakauer