Pierre Bosquet Quotes

Pierre François Joseph Bosquet was a French Army general. He served during the conquest of Algeria and the Crimean War; returning from Crimea he was made Marshal of France and senator. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. November 1810 – 5. February 1861
Pierre Bosquet photo
Pierre Bosquet: 1   quote 0   likes

Pierre Bosquet Quotes

“It is magnificent, but it is not war; it is madness.”

C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie.
Of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Quoted in "Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations" - Page 346 - by Robert Debs Heinl - 1966

Similar authors

Anatole France photo
Anatole France 122
French writer
Napoleon I of France photo
Napoleon I of France 259
French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Emile Zola photo
Emile Zola 54
French writer (1840-1902)
José de San Martín photo
José de San Martín 18
Argentine general and independence leader
Jules Verne photo
Jules Verne 44
French novelist, poet and playwright
Edgar Allan Poe photo
Edgar Allan Poe 126
American author, poet, editor and literary critic
Alexandre Dumas photo
Alexandre Dumas 123
French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer a…
Bernadette Soubirous photo
Bernadette Soubirous 1
French saint
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow photo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 202
American poet