“When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though the war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.”
The Plague (1947)
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French author and journalist 1913–1960Related quotes

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”

“It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.”
Source: Keeping the Moon

Speech in Ottawa (10 January 1946), published in Eisenhower Speaks : Dwight D. Eisenhower in His Messages and Speeches (1948) edited by Rudolph L. Treuenfels
1940s

“Well, everybody got stupid now and then, especially in war.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 17 “Steel” (p. 306)

As quoted in the article 'End of an Era?' in Live and Kicking magazine (2000)