In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.