To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war. -George Steiner

 

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.


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To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs -- but a tribute nevertheless.

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Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

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The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.

George Steiner

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

George Steiner

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.

George Steiner