People always make war when they say they love
peace.
The loud love of peace makes one quiver more than any battle
cry.
Why should one love peace? it is so obviously vile to make
war.
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
It is a form of war, even, self-assertion and being wise for
other
people.
Let people be wise for themselves. And anyhow
nobody can be wise except on rare occasions, like getting
married
or dying.
It’s bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a
perpetual funeral.
For everyday use, give me somebody whimsical, with not too
much
purpose in life,
then we shan’t have war, and we needn’t talk about
peace.