Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work" itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised by his creations, often beyond recognition; the "work, " whether of the artist or the philosopher, invents the man who has created it, who is supposed to have create it; "great men, " as they are venerated, are subsequent pieces of wretched minor fiction Friedrich Nietzsche
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Before World War II, people believed that war was glamorous. After all, they watched movies like "Pride of the Yankees" and read books like "All Quiet on the Western Front" and so they thought that being a soldier was an exciting way to spend your life. They even wrote song about it. But in reality, being in a war is so depressing that most people who have been in one remember it in vivid detail.

They remember having to kill other human beings in order to stay alive themselves. They remember when their friends died inexplicably or how they were left behind when their unit was sent to another section of the front. They remember when they had food for one night, then ran out of food the next day only to be given less food than what they started with.

And they remember how sometimes nobody came back from a mission or how sometimes people didn’t come back at all. All of this is because war is not glamorous, it is simply work.

Source: Beyond Good And Evil

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