War is a distraction; we gain everything by it; we can only lose one thing by it: life ; – then so much the worse![La guerre, c’est une distraction : on y gagne tout, on n’y perd qu’une chose, la vie ; alors, tant pis !]
Source:(ed. Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1850), Chapter LV. Monsieur de Beaufort, Page 426
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