You can no more look destiny in the face than you can look at the sun, and yet destiny is grey - Henri Barbusse

Due eserciti che si combattono, sono come un sol grande esercito che si suicida.

I was young and strong then, full of hope and full of the beginning of things. I thought I was going to conquer the world, and even had the choice of the means to conquer it. Alas, all I did was to cross hastily over its surface.

I went to sleep in Chaos, and then I awoke like the first man.