What did Wilfred Owen mean by: Sweet and fitting it is to die for the fatherland. Wilfred Owen Poet · England Copy
I tried to peg out soldierly,–no use! One dies of war like any old disease. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Death, Futility, War, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
Happy are men who yet before they are killed Can let their veins run cold. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Acceptance, Happiness, Mortality, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
+ All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want. Author, June 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Despair, Hope, Longing, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
Red lips are not so red as the stained stones kissed by the English dead. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Death, Love, Remembrance, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
+ Was it for this the clay grew tall? Author, October 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Disappointment, Growth, Questioning, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
+ I, too, saw God through mud Author, September 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Redemption, Spirituality, Suffering, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
Flying is the only active profession I could ever continue with enthusiasm after the War. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Career, Freedom, Passion, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
I don’t ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry? Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wilfred Owen, Fit, Service, Vocation, 0 Wilfred Owen Poet · England
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. Read explanation Jean Rostand Biologist · France
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Read explanation Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
It is the powerful who know how to honour, it is their art, their domain for invention. Read explanation Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
