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Paul Fussell quotes: The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others.

The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others.

Paul Fussell quotes: If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.

If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.

Paul Fussell quotes: If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.

If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.

Paul Fussell quotes: Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice.

Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice.

Paul Fussell quotes: And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach.

And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach.

Paul Fussell quotes: If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm.

If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm.

Paul Fussell quotes: Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

Paul Fussell quotes: The past, which as always did not know the future, acted in ways that ask tobe imagined before they are condemned. Or even simplified.

The past, which as always did not know the future, acted in ways that ask to
be imagined before they are condemned. Or even simplified.

Paul Fussell quotes: To get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason.

To get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason.

Paul Fussell quotes: There is no Apocalypse.

There is no Apocalypse.

Paul Fussell quotes: Tourism requires that you see conventional things, and that you see them in a conventional way.

Tourism requires that you see conventional things, and that you see them in a conventional way.

Paul Fussell quotes: I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Paul Fussell quotes: The past is not the present: pretending it is corrupts art and thus both rots the mind and shrivels the imagination and conscience.

The past is not the present: pretending it is corrupts art and thus both rots the mind and shrivels the imagination and conscience.

Paul Fussell quotes: Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence.

Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence.

Paul Fussell quotes: The simple is carefully shunned by those who labour to seem what they would be.

The simple is carefully shunned by those who labour to seem what they would be.

Paul Fussell quotes: Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.

Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.

Paul Fussell quotes: If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries.

If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries.

Paul Fussell quotes: What someone doesn't want you to publish is journalism; all else is publicity.

What someone doesn't want you to publish is journalism; all else is publicity.

Paul Fussell quotes: A more or less accurate measure of class in America is TV size: the bigger your TV, the lower your class.

A more or less accurate measure of class in America is TV size: the bigger your TV, the lower your class.

Paul Fussell quotes: The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.

The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.

Paul Fussell quotes: Things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.

Things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.

Paul Fussell quotes: If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces.

If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces.

Paul Fussell quotes: Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way.

Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way.

Paul Fussell quotes: Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war.

Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war.

Paul Fussell quotes: The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class.

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class.