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Siegfried Sassoon Quotes

Mud and rain and wretchedness and blood. Why should jolly soldier-boys complain? God made these before the roofless Flood - Mud and rain Picture Quote #1

Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to die - not before I’d finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow Picture Quote #1

I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers Picture Quote #1

In me the tiger sniffs the rose Picture Quote #1

The song was wordless; The singing will never be done Picture Quote #1

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The dead... are more real than the living because they are complete Picture Quote #1

I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed Picture Quote #1

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation Picture Quote #1

I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust Picture Quote #1

Soldiers are citizens of death’s grey land, drawing no dividend from time’s tomorrows Picture Quote #1

Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives Picture Quote #1

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The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn’t exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so Picture Quote #1

Oh yes, I know the way to heaven was easy. We found the little kingdom of our passion that all can share who walk the road of lovers. In wild and secret happiness we stumbled; and gods and demons clamoured in our senses Picture Quote #1

In the years 1910 and 1911 I had 51 innings with 10 not outs and an average of 19. This I consider a creditable record for a poet Picture Quote #1

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Mud and rain and wretchedness and blood. Why should jolly soldier-boys complain? God made these before the roofless Flood - Mud and rain (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral. (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) I didn’t want to die - not before I’d finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) In me the tiger sniffs the rose (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) The song was wordless; The singing will never be done (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) The dead... are more real than the living because they are complete (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) Soldiers are citizens of death’s grey land, drawing no dividend from time’s tomorrows (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn’t exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) Oh yes, I know the way to heaven was easy. We found the little kingdom of our passion that all can share who walk the road of lovers. In wild and secret happiness we stumbled; and gods and demons clamoured in our senses (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes) In the years 1910 and 1911 I had 51 innings with 10 not outs and an average of 19. This I consider a creditable record for a poet (Siegfried Sassoon Quotes)