Monday, February 08, 2010

The weekly bon mot

"Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution. "


Robert Bolt [in screenplay for Lawrence of Arabia, attributed to Faisal bin al-Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi, played by Alec Guinness]

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