John Hay Beith Quotes

British writer and historian (1876–1952)

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Major General John Hay Beith, CBE MC (17 April 1876 – 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay.

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War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time.

What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?