When describing deaths, in war or in catastrophes, never use “only,” even though the butcher’s bill was much smaller than expected. One dead man may be everything to his family; is everything to himself.
-Priscilla Buckley, via Richard Brookhiser
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So very true Proof. Death is that distant stranger until he knocks on our door!
ReplyDeleteEchoes of John Donne's "No Man is an Island"...
DeleteThat is a good one. Here's another one:
ReplyDeleteBeware those beating war drums who have never been to war
-- Kurt Silverfiddle
...unless it's just a "kinetic military action", right?
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