“In wartime a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.”

—  Jean Giraudoux , The Trojan War Will Not Take Place

Tiger at the Gates (1935)

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French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright 1882–1944

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