Սարսափելի բան են կյանքում այն մարդիկ, որոնք ոչինչ են: Որպես օդի մեջ նետած մի ծանրություն՝ նրանք ձգտում են ընկնելու, անպայման պետք է ընկնեն, և ընկնելո… - Romain Rolland

The newspapers of both countries give publicity only to prejudiced stories unfavorable to the enemy. One would imagine that they devote themselves to collecting only the worst cases, in order to preserve the atmosphere of hatred; and those to which they give predominance are often doubtful and always exceptional.

Most men die at twenty or thirty; thereafter they are only reflections of themselves: for the rest of their lives they are aping themselves, repeating from day to day more and more mechanically and affectedly what they said and did and thought and loved when they were alive.

Es sind die vorgefaßten Meinungen, die es den Völkern so schwer machen, einander zu verstehen, und die es ihnen so leicht machen, einander zu verachten.