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In war you learn your lessons, and they stay learned, but the tuition fees are high.

— Ernst Jünger Storm of Steel (1920)

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At all times, in all places, and in every heart, human fear is the same: it is the fear of destruction, the fear of death.

The Forest Passage (1951)

The teaching of the forest is as ancient as human history, and even older.

The Forest Passage (1951)

The numbers of those wanting to abandon ship is growing, among them sharp minds and sound spirits.

The Forest Passage (1951)

Tell me your relation to pain, and I will tell you who you are!

On Pain (1934)

Better a short life, full of deeds and glory, than a long life without substance.

On Pain (1934)

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