Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

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I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I...

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I...

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them...

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity...

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity...

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and...

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.