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Who need wonder in these circumstances that the Germans tried, without loss of time, to evade the most important of their obligations? The history of the last ten years is a series of surrenders on the part of the Allies, of successes for Germany.

— Georges Clemenceau Grandeur and Misery of Victory (1930)

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A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed — I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

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