In a war, a man who does not love his country says nothing against it, but regards it as doomed, pities it, sees everything in the blackest terms.
 Marcel Proust, The Guermantes Way (1920). copy citation

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Author Marcel Proust
Source The Guermantes Way
Topic war pity
Date 1920
Language English
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Note Translated by Mark Treharne
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